WHAT IF

THEN WHAT ?

WHAT IF

THEN WHAT ?

Jacobi’s founder, Michael Hirthler, was named a Barron’s Top 1,200 Financial Advisors in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.*

Welcome

Following the key teachings of Carl Gustav Jacobi, a well-known mathematician who exhorted his students: “Invert, Always Invert,” Michael Hirthler built his advisory practice on the concept of thinking things through backwards. This idea of turning problems around to consider them from different perspectives is an important component of Jacobi Capital’s multidisciplinary approach – so important that Michael named his firm after Carl Jacobi, providing a daily reminder to himself and his team of this key tenet. At Jacobi Capital Management, we seek to follow Jacobi’s teachings by analyzing our clients’ goals and potential risks and working diligently to consider “What if…then what?” before investing on their behalf.

Barron’s Top 1,200 Financial Advisors is based on assets under management, revenue produced for the firm, regulatory record, quality of practice and philanthropic work. 2012 and prior the award is named Top 1,000 Financial Advisors. Hirthler was previously awarded this honor in 2011 and 2012.

Rodman C. Azar

Wealth Advisor

Rod is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager with Jacobi Capital Management. With over 27 years of experience in the financial services industry, Rod utilizes his institutional background in banking and finance to deliver unique perspectives and seek strong, lasting relationships with his clients. In addition, Rod is a key contributor to the development, construction, and management of Jacobi’s proprietary investment strategies.

Graduating from Columbia University in New York City, Rod began his career as an investment banking analyst with Chemical Bank. He remained there for over 15 years, through the firm’s acquisitions of Chase Manhattan Bank in 1996 and J.P. Morgan in 2000. Most recently, Rod was a Managing Director with J.P. Morgan, where he originated, structured and closed over $65 billion in mergers & acquisitions, capital raising, and advisory assignments within the real estate, lodging and gaming industries.

Shortly after moving back to Northeastern Pennsylvania to raise his family, Rod was introduced to Jacobi Capital Management’s founder Michael Hirthler. Drawn to Michael’s fiduciary-based, independent platform, and quantitative, evidence-based philosophies, Rod joined the firm as a Wealth Advisor. Over the next several years, Rod helped build-out Jacobi’s operational systems, which targeted and enabled significant growth for the firm. Currently, Rod helps build and manage Jacobi’s proprietary investment strategies, and delivers investment advice and retirement income planning to high net worth families, medical and professional groups, and non-profit organizations.

Rod resides in Clarks Summit with his wife Megan and their three children, and is an active member of the local and regional community. He is currently a trustee and Treasurer of the Everhart Museum in Scranton, a member of Rotary International, a volunteer coach and board member for multiple youth sports organizations in the Abingtons, a school board director and volunteer coach within the Abington Heights School District, and a director of the Tiger Fund for Excellence in Tunkhannock.