Wealth advice for your life's goals

Helping you connect your needs with the right team

At The Owen Wealth Management Group, we aim to connect you to the right advisor team that can help you navigate your specific, complex financial needs. Our values lie in the ability to understand each prospect’s situation and strategically match them with a team of knowledgeable advisors best suited to deliver results. We are positioned around client-first problem solving, access to a broader team and relationship driven guidance with seamless coordination.

Working with us means gaining a strategic partner who assembles the best team for each client’s needs, simplifying complexity and elevating outcomes through the power of connections.

I’ve been a financial advisor since 1983, when the Dow Jones stood around 1,000 and the S&P 500 hovered near 130. Over four decades, I’ve had a ringside seat to every major market event, the booms, the busts, and everything in between. I’ve witnessed the lessons that can’t be taught in textbooks, only earned through experience.

- Kurt J. Owen

Guidance built on real-world insights

We help guide clients through uncertainty, opportunity, and transformation. This depth of experience provides something few advisors can offer: the ability to interpret today’s markets through the lens of history, human behavior, and global change.

Markets change. Emotions don’t. Kurt helps clients cut through noise, stay grounded, and make confident decisions, even in times of volatility. With a career shaped by decades of economic cycles and global events, he provides perspective that helps you stay focused on what truly matters: your long-term financial goals.

Steady guidance, no matter what the markets bring.

  • Kurt J. Owen

    Kurt Owen

    Senior Vice President–Wealth Management

    Financial Advisor

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    • AK
    • AL
    • AR
    • AZ
    • CA
    • CO
    • CT
    • DC
    • FL
    • GA
    • HI
    • ID
    • IL
    • IN
    • MA
    • MD
    • ME
    • MI
    • MN
    • MO
    • MS
    • MT
    • NC
    • ND
    • NE
    • NJ
    • NM
    • NV
    • NY
    • OH
    • OR
    • PA
    • SD
    • TN
    • TX
    • UT
    • VA
    • VT
    • WA
    • WI
    • WY

    Kurt has been serving investors since 1983. His disciplined approach to managing the investments of individuals, families and businesses is enhanced by his comprehensive knowledge of asset allocation, Modern Portfolio Theory, technical analysis, and portfolio management. Kurt has experience with fixed income instruments, trust services, large cap value equities, money manager due diligence and alternative investment strategies.

    A Washington state native, Kurt is a professional ski instructor and avid photographer. He resides in Seattle’s Magnolia neighborhood with his wife, Mona, and their two children, Zaidee and Finley.

    • Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams, 2024, 2025, 2026The Forbes rating is compiled by Shook Research and awarded annually in January, based on information from a 12 month period ending March of the prior year.

        925 Fourth Avenue
        31st and 32nd Floors
        Seattle, WA 98104
        kurt.j.owen@ubs.com
        Kurt Owen
        925 Fourth Avenue,Seattle,WA,98104
      • Tammy Lester

        Tammy Lester

        Senior Registered Client Associate

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        • AL
        • AR
        • AZ
        • CA
        • CO
        • DC
        • FL
        • GA
        • HI
        • ID
        • IL
        • IN
        • KS
        • KY
        • MA
        • MD
        • MI
        • MO
        • MS
        • MT
        • NC
        • ND
        • NE
        • NJ
        • NM
        • NV
        • NY
        • OH
        • OR
        • PA
        • SD
        • TN
        • TX
        • UT
        • VA
        • WA
        • WI
        • WY

        Tammy joined UBS in 202, bringing over 26 years of wealth management experience. She is passionate about serving clients, and helping them achieve their financial goals.

        In her time away from the office, she enjoys crafting, quilting, family time and camping with her husband.

              225 108th Avenue NE
              Suite 800
              Bellevue, WA 98004
              tammy.l.lester@ubs.com
              Tammy Lester
              225 108th Avenue NE,Bellevue,WA,98004
            • James Jack

              Managing Director

              Business Owners Segment Lead

            Financial planning strategies

            Our team acts as a central hub, connecting clients with advisor teams across the firm to address their most important financial needs. Through coordinated collaboration and a deep understanding of available capabilities, we help clients quickly access the right knowledge, solutions, and strategic guidance, creating a more streamlined experience and delivering greater value at every stage of their journey.

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            A plan to simplify your financial life

            We can help you build a comprehensive financial plan by bringing together all the resources you need under one roof. We make it easy and efficient to do business, access solutions and get clear answers to make informed decisions.

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            Turn possibilities into a plan

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            Are you ready for anything?

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            Approach your financial future with confidence

            Strategies for business owners

            Selling your business isn't just a transaction, it's a transition. Our team helps business owners prepare for what's next by connecting them with a network of advisors who can provide guidance before, during, and after a sale. From planning and strategy to wealth management and legacy considerations, we help ensure every piece of the puzzle comes together seamlessly.

            Strategies for business owners

            You’re considering an exit in 5 years

            You’re considering an exit in 5 years

            You’re 3 years away from exiting

            You’re 3 years away from exiting

            You’re selling within the year

            You’re selling within the year

            • Discuss trust and estate strategies and tax and legal advisors to take advantage of strategies that may increase future net proceeds from a sale*
            • Fine-tune your business model to be most appealing to a buyer
            • Make sure business documentation and financial statements are in order
            • Put together a team to prepare the business and optimize value
            • Strengthen your management team
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            • Refine your trust and estate strategies with your tax and legal advisors to take advantage of strategies that may increase future net proceeds from a sale*
            • Begin conducting an analysis of likely buyer interest and sector outlook, trends and business cycles to help identify the right timing of the sale
            • Build the right pre-sale advisory team, including an investment banker, attorney and CPA
            • Explore gift and estate strategies to help maximize net proceeds from a sale

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            • Finalize your trust and estate strategies 
            • Work with us to interview and select the investment banker that works best for you
            • Finalize your exit plan and focus on getting the best deal for the sale
            • Coordinate with your investment banker to help create competitive tension among prospective buyers and meet potential acquirers, review offers and negotiate the sale
            • As needed, prepare employees and managers for the transition
            • Think about what’s next for you and your future, after the sale
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            UBS is a leading and truly global wealth manager

            A new era of wealth is underway

            And this is your time to define success on your terms.

            Money isn’t just changing hands, it’s changing meaning. This is your new era of wealth, with real opportunities to pursue your ambitions based on your values.

            When it comes to building your legacy, we don’t prescribe a single path. We seek to understand yours. Because the best wealth strategy starts with you.

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