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Paul Pagnato

Paul A. Pagnato

CEO & Founder

Paul A. Pagnato CEO & Founder Attilio, Stanford Center on Longevity Advisory Member, Buck Institute on Aging President’s Circle, served as the Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of Humanaut Health, the Co-Chairman & Board member of Cresset and CEO & Founder of PagnatoKarp, a top multi-family office with over +$250 Billion assets under management / advisement.

Paul also served on, Boards of INOVA Hospital Group, Openwater, Bulletproof, CFA Society, FAU Foundation, and Institute for Fiduciary Society. Paul is a Barron’s and Forbes top advisor with more than 30 years of industry leadership, ranked #1 in Virginia on Forbes Top Wealth Advisors and #2 in Virginia on Barron’s Top 1,200 Financial Advisors lists.¹ Paul has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Forbes, CNBC, Fox Business, Bloomberg, Reuters, and CNN, and is an international speaker through Singularity University.

Paul began his career as a microbiologist working collaboratively with NASA and McDonnell Douglas to search for life in outer space. When he joined the financial industry, he spent 19 years with Merrill Lynch where he founded the Washington, D.C. Private Banking & Investment Office before founding PagnatoKarp, a family office created squarely on the principles of transparency.

Paul is Founder of Transparency Global, a company whose mission is to accelerate the world’s adoption of Transparency®. He is the author of Transparency Wave and a champion of exponential technologies that are shaping the future. Paul’s biggest passion is giving back and believes Transparency® is the key, empowering organizations aimed at improving literacy, longevity, humanity and wealth. Paul has traveled and studied all six Blue Zone regions in the world, where people live significantly longer, healthier lives.

Paul finished second in AAU world power lifting championship, fished professionally on Bassmaster Tournament trail, avid skate boarder and fossil collector.

Paul is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University and The Executive Program at Singularity University.

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Attilio Transparency Standards

Transparency Standards™ define Attilio’s commitment to total accountability, clear pricing and terms, responsible data handling, and consistent communication of evidence-based truth—ensuring clients receive exactly what is promised, with full clarity at every step.

Transparency Standards™
Standards all Attilio team members follow.

Total Accountability
Company + team members “Do what they say”.

Transparent Cost
Always providing total price + cost.

Transparent Terms
Terms & conditions easy to read, three pages or less.

Transparent Data
Clearly stating what occurs to client data.

Truth
Communicating quality science-based facts.

Attilio Conflict-Free Standards

The Conflict-Free Standards ensure clients receive fully transparent, conflict-free, science-based advice that is legally aligned with their best interests, and upheld with strict accountability.

  1. Embrace the Legal Fiduciary obligation to place clients’ interests first.
  2. Deliver comprehensive science-backed advice.
  3. Provide fee-only advice.
  4. Do not accept commissions, revenue sharing, billable hours, self-dealings, proprietary products, opaque fees, gifts, or soft-dollar arrangements.
  5. Be transparent on client costs and fees.
  6. Provide transparent client costs, fees, and terms.
  7. Remain independent from any organization creating a client conflict or self-dealing.
  8. Provide transparency on client reporting.
  9. Client data not sold or shared.
  10. Accountability to clients and regulators.

Attilio Trust Standards

  1. Say Please and Thank You
  2. Show Up on Time
  3. Finish What You Start
  4. Do What You Say