Americana Partners Makes Raft Of Senior Hires

Tom Burroughes

11 September 2019

Americana Partners, a registered investment advisor with $6 billion of client money, has appointed Michael Mithoff as head of private equity.

In this role, Mithoff will advise families in connection with portfolio allocation and management, specifically with respect to alternative investment strategies. He will be based in Houston and reports to Jason Fertitta, president of Americana partners. Prior to this, Mithoff had served as a managing director in a similar role at HighTower Texas , since November 2013. Mithoff also founded and managed a private equity advisory firm Teton Strategic Investments, and he serves as president of Wasatch Strategic Investments, which he founded in 2018. He served as outside chairman of the Advisory Board of Houston Global Investors, LLC until March 2013.

In addition, Mithoff is vice president of the Mithoff Family Foundation. He serves on the board of directors of The Houston Museum of Natural Science , Men of Distinction, the University of Texas Development Board, the University of Virginia Capital Campaign Committee and Harris County Hospital District Foundation.

Launched in April this year, Americana Partners became the largest single team to join the Dynasty Financial Partners network. The firm, which has offices in Houston, Austin, and Dallas, has longstanding ties to Texas.

The business has also added three new financial advisors to its team: Gabe Cassel, Bobby Jones and Robert Muse, giving it a total of eight financial advisors.

Previously, since 2017, Cassel was a financial advisor with Morgan Stanley. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, he worked in sales management for five years.

Jones, who is an MD/private wealth advisor, was previously a chief investment officer for a Texas-based family office. His prior work experience includes TA McKay & Co., a distressed credit hedge fund, Morgan Stanley and the United States Department of the Treasury.

Muse is an MD/private wealth advisor. Prior to this, he spent 20 years with Simmons & Company International in institutional equity research, sales and trading. Muse founded and was the managing director for Simmons’ European Institutional Secuirities business in London from 2000-2016.