ICONIQ Capital, LLC
TypePrivate
IndustryFinancial services
Founded2011 (2011)
FounderDivesh Makan
Michael Anders
Chad Boeding
Will Griffith
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, U.S.
ProductsWealth Management
Venture Capital
Private Equity
Real Estate
AUMUS$80 billion (2022)[1]
Websitewww.iconiqcapital.com
Footnotes / references
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ICONIQ Capital is an American wealth management and investment firm based in San Francisco, California. It functions as a family office that provides wealth management services to high net worth clients such as Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, Jack Dorsey and Jeff Weiner.[3][4] The firm also is involved in investments related to Private equity and Venture capital.[5]

Background

ICONIQ Capital was founded in 2011 by Divesh Makan, Michael Anders and Chad Boeding.[3][4][6] The trio previously worked in wealth management at Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs.[3][4] In 2004, Makan met Mark Zuckerberg as one of his clients, which would later help him meet other key members affiliated with Facebook such as Sheryl Sandberg and Dustin Moskovitz.[3][5][6]

During his time at both Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, Makan and his team had disagreements with higher ups at both firms due to firm restrictions as well as pressure to sell certain financial products.[3][4][6]

In 2011, Makan and his team left Morgan Stanley to set up ICONIQ Capital to serve as wealth advisors to their clients independently with more autonomy.[3][4][6] This was close to the date of the Initial public offering of Facebook which the firm was also involved in.[3][4][6]

In 2012, Will Griffith joined ICONIQ Capital and became a founder of ICONIQ Strategic Partners, which would become the investment arm of the firm. Previously, Griffith was a partner at TCV.[7][8]

In 2018, co-founder Chad Boeding left ICONIQ Capital to form his own firm, Epiq Capital.[9]

In 2020, Dyal Capital Partners acquired a 6% stake in ICONIQ Capital.[10]

Business overview

ICONIQ Capital is most notable for providing family office services for high net worth clients. Many of the firm's clients are involved in the Silicon Valley technology scene as well as Hollywood.[11]

The firm also functions as an investment firm. Previously, it focused only on venture capital investments in startups. However, it later expanded into investments related to private equity and real estate.[5][12][7] Its investment business serves institutional clients such as the pension fund, CPP Investment Board.[10]

ICONIQ Capital has a hybrid operational structure ostensibly designed to reduce conflict of interest between its wealth management businesses and its investment businesses.[5] In a written statement, the firm stated that only a small amount of money from its family office clients are allocated into its investment funds, and that any such allocations will always be at the client's discretion.[5]

Notable high net worth clients

According to Forbes[3] and Business Insider,[13] ICONIQ Capital has served the following high net worth clients:

Facebook

Business

Entertainment

Investment Funds

Fund Vintage Year Committed Capital ($m)
ICONIQ Strategic Partners 2014 495
ICONIQ Strategic Partners II 2015 1,151.93
ICONIQ Strategic Partners III 2017 1,117.87
ICONIQ Strategic Partners IV 2019 195
ICONIQ Strategic Partners V 2021 2,600

Notable investments

References

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  2. "Form ADV" (PDF). SEC. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
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  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "How the Facebook IPO is creating the mother of all RIAs, Iconiq, and what an in-your-face it is for Wall Street". RIABiz. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Putzier, Konrad (August 6, 2019). "Wealth Manager Iconiq, Known for Silicon Valley Ties, Widens Real-Estate Holdings". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Smith, Randall (February 1, 2012). "This Adviser Enjoys Friends in High Places". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  7. 1 2 Das, Juliet Chung and Anupreeta (November 21, 2017). "Zuckerberg's Wealth Manager Wants to Be a Buyout Shop". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  8. "William J. Griffith". Dartmouth Engineering. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  9. Foxman, Simone (May 15, 2018). "Iconiq Co-Founder Starts Rival Wealth Firm, Swipes at Conflicts". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  10. 1 2 Stupples, Benjamin (February 15, 2021). "Wealth Firm for Silicon Valley Billionaires Sets Up in London". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  11. Morris, Rob Price, Meghan. "Inside Iconiq: How Mark Zuckerberg's banker built a secret Silicon Valley empire and made billions". Business Insider.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. Cumming, Chris (April 27, 2021). "Iconiq Targets $3.75 Billion for Sixth Growth Fund". Wall Street Journal.
  13. Su, Meghan Morris, Rob Price, Joanna Lin. "Here are dozens of the tech titans and Hollywood celebrities who are Iconiq Capital clients — and 10 ultra-wealthy moguls who quietly bailed". Business Insider. Retrieved June 13, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  14. "Age of Learning, a quiet giant in education apps, raised $150M at a $1B valuation from Iconiq". TechCrunch. May 3, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  15. "Adyen Adds New Funding From Iconiq, Values Dutch Payment Group At $2.3B". TechCrunch. September 30, 2015. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  16. Picker, Leslie (October 28, 2015). "Iconiq Capital Leads $85 Million Investment in Alteryx". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  17. Taulli, Tom. "Apttus: A Cloud Giant From Virtually No Money". Forbes. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
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  21. Crecente, Brian (October 26, 2018). "Epic Games Gets $1.25 Billion Investment From KKR, Six Others". Variety. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  22. "Boston's ezCater raises $100 million to take its corporate catering platform international". VentureBeat. June 19, 2018. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  23. "Flipkart raises Series D round of funding from Naspers' arm MIH, ICONIQ Capital, Tiger Global and Accel Partners". VCCircle. August 24, 2012. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  24. "Ukrainian startup GitLab raises $268 million at a valuation of $2.7 billion". AIN.UA. September 18, 2019. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  25. Demos, Telis (September 12, 2016). "GreenSky Scores $3.6 Billion Valuation From Fifth Third Bancorp". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
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  28. "Jessica Alba's The Honest Company Valued at Nearly $1 Billion Two Years After Its Launch". E! Online. August 27, 2014. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  29. "Modern Meadow Raises $10 Million in Series A Funding by Staff". Engineering.com. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  30. "Secondhand car auction platform Motorway hits unicorn status after $190M raise with Index, ICONIQ". November 29, 2021.
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  33. "Cloud data warehouse startup Snowflake raises $100 million led by Iconiq". VentureBeat. April 5, 2017. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  34. Delevingne, Lawrence (December 5, 2014). "Tiger hedge fund family backs Uber for $100B-plus IPO". CNBC. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
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