Christopher Stroup, MBA, EA, CFP® is the founder and President of Silicon Beach Financial.

Guided professionally by the quote, “The doors will be opened to those who are bold enough to knock,” Christopher was recognized as a future leader in the financial planning industry by being named to the 2021 InvestmentNews Class of 40 Under 40. In 2022, he found himself on LGBT Great’s Top 100 Gamechangers list, which recognizes 100 inspiring people who are helping to change the game for LGBTQ+ diversity, equity, and inclusion across the global financial services ecosystem.

After working as a petroleum engineer in the oil and gas industry, Christopher used his MBA from Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to pivot into wealth management. As a member of the LGBTQ+ community that is passionate about the intersection of startups, entrepreneurship and wealth management, Christopher serves as the strategic financial partner trusted to navigate the financial planning complexities of executive leaders across both startups and Fortune 500 companies, as well as to many LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs.

Inspired by those clients who dared to dream and their infectious entrepreneurial spirit, Christopher created Silicon Beach Financial specifically to help those visionaries in underrepresented communities get the resources they need to thrive. A native of the East Coast, he now calls Santa Monica home and spends much of his free time playing beach volleyball and catching up with his four older siblings and their seven children.