David C. Hou

Managing Partner @Evoke Advisors

Los Angeles, CA, US

David is a Managing Partner of Evoke Advisors. He has served as a financial adviser to wealthy families and institutional clients since 1992. David began his career in the Goldman, Sachs & Co. Private Client Services Group and six years later joined Merrill Lynch to help build the Private Banking and Investment Group. In 2008, David and his partners founded Luminous Capital, which First Republic Bank acquired in 2012.While at First Republic, David served as a Senior Managing Director and was a member of the Altair Alternative Investment Committee, the bank’s private investments platform. In 2019, David and his longtime business partners founded Evoke Advisors, advising institutions and private clients. Barron’s and Forbes have ranked David perennially as one of the Top 100 Wealth Advisors in the country. David received a BS in Economics/Business from UCLA and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. He is an advisory board member of the UCLA Anderson School Fink Center for Finance and Investments. He also serves on the Cedars Sinai Endowment investment committee. David lives in Pacific Palisades with his wife and four children.

UCLA

BS, Economics/Business

UCLA Anderson School of Management

MBA, Finance