Patrick Garot is founding partner of Garot Rainey Associates (http://garotrainey.com/Pages/Hallmarks.html), a California-based consultancy that advises ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families. Patrick is a CPA (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) and Kellogg-Northwestern Master’s of Management. Prior to founding his firm, Patrick worked at Arthur Andersen & Co in audit and special services, at Kraft Foods in finance and strategy, and as an entrepreneur founding several Internet/web companies. Visit Patrick's site (http://www.garotrainey.com)