Robert Joseph Branton

Mr. Robert J.
Branton is a Chief Executive Officer at Contego Capital Group, Inc. He also serves as the Chairman and founded the fim in 2014.
He has over 20 years of financial industry experience.
Mr. Branton started his career with Merrill Lynch managing money for clients and implementing company retirement plans and corporate cash plans.
He departed Merrill Lynch to become one of the founding members of Orion Wealth Management, a wealth manager that was ultimately acquired by a larger wealth manager.
Upon the sale of his company, Mr. Branton was recruited to enter the wholesaling and distribution side of the financial services business.
He managed multi-person sales teams that drove sales of funds, retirement plans, and annuities for two of the largest distributors in the world, AIG and Pacific Life Insurance Company.
In March of 2017, he joined Pacific View Asset Management, where he was responsible for the distribution of the Global Innovations Strategy.
He received his Bachelor of Arts in Finance and Marketing degree from St. Cloud State University.
He also holds the following licenses in the security and insurance industry: Series 7, 24, 66 and life/health and annuities license.