Ed Kollada

With his unique and varied business experience, Ed is known as a thought leader in the professional financial services industry.

With an emphasis on professional collaboration, Ed brings an entrepreneurial spirit to the team, along with his experience in independent, non-biased investment management, financial planning, private banking, insurance plan design, retirement plan designs, and specialty financing.

This professional collaboration is formalized in Ed’s affiliated company, Elite Wealth Partners (EWP). EWP’s mission is to simplify the financial lives of highly successful families, business owners, and C-Level Executives by providing custom advice and solutions to help you manage life’s complexities.

EWP’s Family Office of Experts combines five disciplines: Wealth Management, Tax Planning, Risk Mitigation, Legal Service, and Business Advisory.

We collaborate with you and your trusted advisors to create enduring, unique family office services aligned with your values and goals that will help you maximize your financial and personal objectives today and tomorrow… while increasing your most valuable asset… TIME

Prior to joining Four Star Wealth Advisor, Ed worked over three decades in consulting/commercial/banking/investment/private banking areas at Arthur Young, American National Bank, Lehman Brothers, American Chartered Bank, Strategic Retirement Partners, and Elite Wealth Partners, providing personal/business/investment advisory services to growing middle market companies, senior management teams and wealthy families. Also, while at those firms, Ed assisted in starting and successfully exiting a Chicago-based bank and a family-owned business coaching firm.

Ed is a graduate of Indiana University and DePaul University (MBA). He is a Certified Public Account (CPA) and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner (CFP®). Ed holds his Series 65 (Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination) and state insurance licenses.

Ed’s community involvement includes Membership in and volunteering in Chicago organizations, including PAWS, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, the Chicago Marathon, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Ed resides in the Chicago area and is a proud dad to his two older sons, Matt and Mike. He is an avid biker and also enjoys travel, golf, snow skiing, and a commitment to life-long learning.