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Chicago Pacific Founders

Chicago, ILSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 172960

Filed as CHICAGO PACIFIC FOUNDERS · Legal name Chicago Pacific Capital, L.P.

Chicago Pacific Founders is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Chicago, IL, registered since 2014, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 16, 2026.

12 years
registered since 2014
$7,067,462,833
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Chicago Pacific Founders compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Chicago Pacific Founders reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees; other.

Where is Chicago Pacific Founders located?

Chicago Pacific Founders' principal office is in Chicago, IL, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Chicago Pacific Founders registered with the SEC or a state?

Chicago Pacific Founders is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2014. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 172960.

How much does Chicago Pacific Founders manage?

Chicago Pacific Founders reports $7,067,462,833 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 16, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Chicago Pacific Founders' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Chicago Pacific Founders: Regulatory assets under management: $1,824,687,515 in the October 2021 data and $7,067,462,833 in the October 2026 data, up 287%. Total employees: 23 in October 2021 and 46 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Chicago Pacific Founders serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (33).

Does Chicago Pacific Founders report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/172960

What changed in Chicago Pacific Founders' recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 24 to 41. Regulatory assets under management went from $4,685,626,907 to $6,777,121,808 (+45%).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Performance-based fees
  • Other

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$7,067,462,833

$7,067,462,833 as of October 2026, filing dated July 16, 2026.

Discretionary: $7,067,462,833.Non-discretionary: $0.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 33 Assets $7,067,462,833 (100%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Chicago Pacific Capital, L.P.
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2014 (12 years)
Employees
Total: 46. Performing investment advisory functions: 41.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
1 other office, as of the August 2026 filing
San Francisco, CA
States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
CAIL

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$1.82B 2021 $2.71B 2022 $3.76B 2023 $4B 2024 $4.69B 2025 $7.07B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$7,067,462,83346July 16, 2026
October 2025$4,685,626,90729June 23, 2025
October 2024$3,995,954,29829May 6, 2024
October 2023$3,763,962,97229May 9, 2023
October 2022$2,706,342,51829March 30, 2022
October 2021$1,824,687,51523May 25, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,824,687,515 in the October 2021 data and $7,067,462,833 in the October 2026 data, up 287%.

Total employees: 23 in October 2021 and 46 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 24 to 41.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $4,685,626,907 to $6,777,121,808 (+45%).
  2. January 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
cpfounders.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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