About Us

Our Team

Randy Talbot

In June 2010, after leading companies for over 25 years, Randy Talbot left Symetra Financial and formed Talbot Financial LLC. , initially to invest family assets, and gradually to attract other families to the firm.

Talbot served as President of Safeco Life beginning in 1998, and after profitably growing the company, learned in July of 2003 that Safeco planned to sell the major subisidary. Talbot led the management team through a sales process, and ultimately helped raise over 1.3 billion of equity and debt, and in August of 2004, emerged as Symetra Financial, an independent Life company.

After successfully navigating the financial crisis , and significantly growing both assets and earnings, he led the company through the first successful IPO in the new decade, and on January 21st 2010, rang the opening bell at the NYSE, celebrating the first day of trading as a public company.

Randy now plans to put his energy and insight to work along side his partner Greg Zanetti, to build a company and it’s diversified assets by investing from the perspective of a CEO.

Greg Zanetti

Greg invests with the strategic vision and discipline of a General. He graduated from West Point in 1980 with a BS in engineering. He earned his MBA from Boston University in 1985.

He started managing money with EF Hutton in 1986 and then went on to become an independent investment advisor with Financial Network in 1991. He served on Fidelity’s Advisory Council and managed money for McDonald’s Owner Operators nationwide.

During his financial career, Greg stayed active in the National Guard and rose to the rank of Brigadier General. In 2008, Greg was deployed to serve as Deputy Commander, Joint Task Force, Guantanamo Bay. The deployment forced the sale of his business.

Upon return from active duty, Greg moved to Washington where he managed $800 million in assets for Bill Gates Investments (BGI) in 2009 and 2010.

He, and long-time friend, Randy Talbot now own and manage their own Registered Investment Advisory firm, Talbot Financial.

Strategic Alliances

Charles Schwab is a leading provider of investment services including online investing, financial advice and banking solutions. Talbot Financial uses the Schwab Institutional Platform for trading, accounting, and operations. Clients can track their investment 24/7 via Schwab’s user-friendly web site.

Bloch Properties is a private real estate company located in Bellevue, WA. Bloch has decades of real estate experience and is well-respected for its professional real estate expertise and valuation & support services.

Coast Equity Partners is a privately-held real estate investment firm. Since its inception Coast Equity Partners has succeeded in bringing outstanding performance and integrity to real estate investment. Coast targets mid- sized apartments, mobile home parks, and multi-tenant office, medical/office and retail properties throughout the northwest.