AdvisorCensus by AdvisorSEO Max

AdvisorCensus / Financial advisors / California / San Francisco / Violich Capital Management

Violich Capital Management

Mill Valley, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 111410

Filed as VIOLICH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

Violich Capital Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Mill Valley, CA, registered since 1999, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 11, 2026.

27 years
registered since 1999
$1,039,042,028
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Violich Capital Management compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Violich Capital Management reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

Where is Violich Capital Management located?

Violich Capital Management's principal office is in Mill Valley, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Violich Capital Management registered with the SEC or a state?

Violich Capital Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1999. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 111410.

How much does Violich Capital Management manage?

Violich Capital Management reports $1,039,042,028 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 11, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Violich Capital Management's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Violich Capital Management: Regulatory assets under management: $685,621,703 in the October 2021 data and $1,039,042,028 in the October 2026 data, up 52%. Total employees: 6 in October 2021 and 1 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Violich Capital Management serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (95); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (10); charitable organizations (8).

Which custodians does Violich Capital Management use?

Violich Capital Management's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists 121 Southwest Morrison, 425 Walnut Street, 5th Floor and Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Violich Capital Management 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/111410

What changed in Violich Capital Management's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $911,665,016 to $1,039,042,028 (+14%).

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

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 26, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,039,042,028

$1,039,042,028 as of October 2026, filing dated May 11, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,039,042,028.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
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 10 Assets $4,022,517 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 95 Assets $923,315,544 (89%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Charitable organizations
Clients 8 Assets $94,981,997 (9%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 3 Assets $16,721,970 (2%)

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 individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1999 (27 years)
Employees
Total: 1. Performing investment advisory functions: 1.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
CAHI

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
$686M 2021 $833M 2022 $709M 2023 $797M 2024 $912M 2025 $1.04B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,039,042,0281May 11, 2026
October 2025$911,665,0161March 11, 2025
October 2024$797,015,9461March 29, 2024
October 2023$709,404,4312March 16, 2023
October 2022$833,203,4266March 23, 2022
October 2021$685,621,7036March 17, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $685,621,703 in the October 2021 data and $1,039,042,028 in the October 2026 data, up 52%.

Total employees: 6 in October 2021 and 1 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
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $911,665,016 to $1,039,042,028 (+14%).

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
violichcapital.com

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

Cite this page

AdvisorCensus. Violich Capital Management (CRD 111410): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/violich-capital-management-mill-valley-ca-111410