Christian Ortez

Christian Ortez
Christian H. Ortez (born August 22, 1979) is an american wealth manager and investment executive best known for representing numerous professional athletes in American Football and Mixed Martial Arts as well as notable Hollywood entertainers and Fortune 500 executives. He is also a known philanthropist involved with prominent charities and foundations.
Early Life
Ortez grew up in Redwood City, California, the son of Horacio Ortez, and Marta Ortez, a figure in the Hospitality industry now retired. Not much is known about his father, however it is believed that he was involved in multiple covert law enforcement agencies domestic and foreign. He has 5 siblings: Brothers Erick Ortez, a wall street banker for JP Morgan; Marlon Ortez, an amateur boxer going Pro; Immer Ortez, a foreign national; an adopted brother that his parents adopted when Ortez was a young child, and one sister.
Ortez attended Woodside High School near Atherton, CA., one of northern California’s most affluent neighborhoods and home to NFL hall of famer Jerry Rice, other notable sports figures, and notorious venture capitalists. In high school, Ortez was an honors student and an avid athlete lettering in football and track & field. He qualified to the California State Championship Meet (The biggest, most competitive track meet in the state) in the 400 meter race as only a sophomore before tearing a hamstring and ending his season. He graduated with multiple scholarships, most notably, he won the “U.S. Army Athlete of the Year” award and was a finalist for the , awarded by the same entity that awards college football’s most sought after prize “The Heisman Trophy”.
College Years
Christian attended San Jose State University following on the footsteps of NFL stars and SJSU Alumni Jeff Garcia, Jeff Ulbrich, and Rashied Davis. In his sophomore year, Ortez made the switch from Football to Judo where he went ahead and earned his brown belt under Yosh Uchida’s program boasting over 25 national Judo titles. Ortez originally majored in criminal justice to follow on his father’s footsteps of a law enforcement career. In the summer of 2000, he changed his major to Business Administration and Marketing to focus on a career involving business and professional athletes.
Career
At the age of 21 and in his junior year at SJSU, Ortez was hired by wall street powerhouse . He served there through 2006 as an Investment Management Analyst working in a Private Wealth Management group that manages over $2 billion in clients’ assets. It was here where Ortez was exposed to Hollywood. In his tenure at Smith Barney he worked closely with the CEO and executive team of a major high-end women’s clothing corporation based in Beverly Hills. With his new found exposure to the L.A. fashion and modeling world, Ortez made contacts with individuals in the entertainment industry, movie stars, writers, athletes, renowned rock bands, and entertainment agents.
In 2006, Ortez left his mentors at Smith Barney to run his own practice at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. During the financial crisis and near collapse of Wall Street in 2008, Ortez left Merrill Lynch to a corporation free from the conflicts of interest inherent to Wall Street and the major banks.
Since early 2010, Ortez has been running his Wealth Management practice through LPL Financial (ticker symbol: LPLA), the largest independent broker/dealer investment house in the nation with over $280 billion of clients assets under management. He runs his practice with institutional-level wealth management principles resembling those used by the Harvard Endowment fund and the Stanford Endowment Fund. Like Nick Murray says, "I'm my clients' financial doctor" he says. When interviewed and asked about his clients by Entrepreneur magazine, Ortez refused to release any names citing that his Client/Advisor privacy policy prevents him from releasing specific names. He did mention that his practice is composed of some of the most intelligent and creative corporate executives, entertainment stars, and great all-around American families.
Personal Life
Ortez is known for his philanthropic efforts in southern California. It is believed that he contributes over one third of his earnings to charities and foundations. In an interview with the San Jose Mercury News, Ortez mentioned he strongly supports the efforts of the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Ortez resides in San Diego and San Jose, CA. He is unmarried but believed to be linked to Skandanavian and French actress/model Andrea Miller. There's also been rumors of a major "crush" to MMA fighter and American Gladiator Gina Carano who's nickname is ironically "Crush"; he denied the rumors and said he admires her athletic talent and what an awesome and down-to-earth personality she has, and that she's really really good-looking. His most notorious relationship was with his girlfriend of three years, Ann McDonald, a swedish Hawaiian Tropic model and actress in the hit tv show .

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