LNW, a leading wealth management industry participant servicing the North American family office and family wealth industry, has been selected as a winner in the following categories at the Twelfth Annual Family Wealth Report Awards 2025 program.
- Outstanding CEO – Kristen Bauer
- Impact Investing (Advisory)
The annual Family Wealth Report Awards program recognizes the most innovative and exceptional firms, teams and individuals serving the family office, family wealth and trusted advisor communities in North America. The Family Wealth Report Awards judging process include a panel of independent experts involved in the industry from banks, family offices, and trusted advisors/consultants. Short lists were identified by the judges in each of their respective areas of expertise. LNW was selected as a winner in the Family Office category (Outstanding CEO) and the Responsible Investing category (Impact Investing (Advisory)). The nomination deadline was December 6, 2024 with the winners were announced on May 8, 2025.
Commenting on the firm’s honors, Kristen Bauer, LNW CEO said: “I am humbled by being named the Outstanding CEO by Family Wealth Report and to be joining an outstanding list of leaders who have received this previously who have truly shaped our industry. I see both of these awards as an acknowledge of tireless work the entire LNW team has undertaken to build a forward-looking firm designed to serve relationship-driven and outcome-focused clients today and for generations to come.”
“Being recognized for our Impact Investing program is an incredible honor,” said Justina Lai, Chief Impact Officer of LNW. “Being highlighted for the depth of our educational programs, investment offerings and efforts to influence our managers’ expectations illustrates the importance of a multi-pronged approach to impact. It is also a validation of our work with clients to help them define their own theory of change and then achieve the transformation they aim for. This award honors their efforts to be positive agents of change.”
Stephen Harris, ClearView Financial Media’s CEO, and publisher of Family Wealth Report, was first to extend his congratulations to all winners and highly commended companies “Every category winner and highly commended firm has been subjected to rigorous and independent judging process and be rightly proud of the success they have achieved this year. “We have seen a marked increase in entrants and interest in all our global awards programmes and Family Wealth Report is no exception. “These awards are so beneficial as they give organizations and individuals the opportunity to clarify their strategic thinking, have it independently validated, be recognized internally and externally and to celebrate in style with their peers.
I offer my congratulations and best wishes for the future to all winners and highly commended firms – they are all worthy recipients who join the elite list of wealth management professionals who form global elite of Family Wealth Report Award winners”.
Winners and highly commended companies were announced on May 8, 2025 at the Gala Ceremony at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Manhattan, New York.
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Media Contacts:
Ga-Hsin Lai, (206) 464-3852, glai@lnwadvisors.com
About LNW
For more than five decades, LNW has served the interests of exceptional families and individuals. As both an RIA and trust company, LNW offers a full spectrum of specialized wealth planning, investment management and trust services that advance the aspirations and long-term financial ambitions of its clients. LNW has offices in Seattle, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Sioux Falls, South Dakota, empowering clients across the U.S. and around the world.
LNW is owned by active employees as well as a majority ownership by The Laird Norton Company, one of the longest-sustained family enterprises in the United States. To learn more, visit LNWAdvisors.com.
About ClearView Financial Media Ltd (“ClearView”)
ClearView Financial Media was founded by Chief Executive, Stephen Harris in 2004, to provide high quality ‘need to know’ information for the discerning private client community. London-based, but with a truly global focus, ClearView publishes the WealthBriefing group of newswires, along with research reports and newsletters, while also running a pan-global thought-leadership events and awards programme.
