Gary Furukawa
Founder & Senior Partner | Chief Investment Officer | Seattle, WA
gary@freestonecapital.com
Phone
206.707.7301
206.707.7300
Fax
206.707.7399
Gary founded Freestone in 1999 and brings over four decades of investment, financial advice, and planning experience to Freestone. He serves as Chief Investment Officer for Freestone, and serves as a co-portfolio manager of Freestone’s Real Estate funds. He serves on the boards of Freestone Capital Management and Cambio Communities. Prior to founding Freestone, Gary worked for 17 years at EF Hutton and Salomon Smith Barney as a Senior Vice President. Prior to Salomon Smith Barney, Gary worked as a Certified Public Accountant in the Tax Department with Deloitte & Touche in Seattle.
Education
Gary is a Phi Beta Kappa and earned a BA magna cum laude in Business Administration from the University of Washington.
Outside Freestone
In his spare time, Gary enjoys cycling, skiing, yoga, pickleball and fly fishing. He also enjoys traveling and reading a good book. Gary is a frequent lecturer at the University of Washington's Foster School of Business for upper level Finance / Investment courses for both undergraduates and MBA students and received the 2015 Distinguished Leadership Award from the Foster School of Business. In 2018, Gary was the keynote speaker for the UW Foster School of Business graduation ceremony held at Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle WA. Gary also serves on the board of Matthew Brothers Dredging, one of Freestone’s portfolio companies.
Recognition
Gary was recognized as a finalist for the ThinkAdvisor Luminaries “Thought Leadership and Education” award in 2021. In 2024, RIA Intel named Gary as a finalist for their CIO of the Year award.
The ThinkAdvisor Luminary Thought Leadership and Education award is administered by ThinkAdvisor and was issued on 8/16/2021 based on 2022 data (for methodology, click https://event.thinkadvisor.com/luminaries-awards/methodology). Freestone did not pay a fee to be considered for any award, although some publications may require payment of a fee for use of the awards in marketing materials. The RIA Intel CIO of the Year award is administered by RIA Intel and was issued on 4/11/2024 for the time period covering 1/1/2023 through 12/31/2023 (for methodology, click https://www.iinow.com/RIA-Institute/3rd-annual-ria-intel-awards). Freestone did not pay a fee to be considered for any award, although some publications may require payment of a fee for use of the awards in marketing materials.