CEO/Founder

CEO/Founder

 

baronheadshot2015 copyMr. B. Baron Benham (Baron) lives in Scottsdale, AZ where he founded Baron Capital Management, LLC.  Baron first moved to the Phoenix, AZ metropolitan area with his family in 1966 when his father, a career Air Force Fighter pilot, was assigned to Vietnam. After spending two years in Phoenix the family moved to Redlands, CA for a year, Duluth, MN for a year, Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada for a year and finally back to the Phoenix Metropolitan area where the family settled down permanently in the Town of Paradise Valley. After graduating high school and college Baron moved to Houston, TX for two years before returning to Arizona and ultimately settling in Scottsdale, AZ where he has lived since 1987.

 

 

 

Education, Training and Licenses

  • Undergraduate Degree in Economics, Arizona State University, 1980.
  • Litchfield Airpark Flying School – Litchfield, AZ.  Earned Private Pilot VFR Single Engine Land Flying License.
  • Cecil Lawter School of Real Estate – Phoenix, AZ  – Real Estate Salesman and Broker’s Licensing
  • Arizona School of Real Estate – Scottsdale, AZ – ongoing continuing education classes.
  • Real Estate Broker’s License. Current and held since 1984.
  • Former Mortgage Banker
  • Series 7 (gave up to establish Baron Capital Management, LLC – a  Registered Investment Advisor)
  • Series 3 Commodity Sales License
  • Rule 144: Restricted and Control Securities – certified in-house training – Dean Witter Reynolds
  • Series 65 Securities Licenses (taken to become Registered Investment Advisor)
  • Registered Investment Advisor since 2001 – current
  • Arizona Disability, Life, and Variable Annuity License

 

Community Affiliation’s:

  • The Atlas Society – Promotes Ayn Rand’s “Objectivist Principles” – member
  • Arizona Republican Party – Maricopa County and State Precinct Committeeman
  • Tea Party Scottsdale – Board of Directors
  • Scottsdale Professional Networking Association (past President)
  • NRA – National Rifle Association – member
  • SAF – The Second Amendment Foundation – member
  • CCRKBA – Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms – member
  • AzCDL – Arizona Citizens Defense League – member
  • AOPA – Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association – member
  • EAA – Experimental Aircraft Association – member
  • AAHS – American Aviation Historical Society – member
  • DVPA – Deer Valley Pilots Association – member
  • CAF – Commemorative Air Force – member
  • CF – The Collins Foundation – member

Hobbies:

  • Skeet Shooting, Tennis (former instructor), Water Skiing, Snow Skiing, Flying, Bowling, Ping Pong, Volley Ball and Pool. Love all animals. Man servant and best friend to cat(s) and dog(s).

Sincerely,

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Baron B. Benham, Founder & Chief Financial Advisor
Baron Capital Management, LLC