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Christopher Pistone, CFP®

Christopher Pistone, CFP®

Financial Advisor

916-783-6544

cpistone@rwbaird.com

Christopher is a Financial Advisor and Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with The Elliott & Pistone Group, a Baird Private Wealth Management team managing over 500 million in client assets. Christopher and his team develop financial plans for a select group of wealthy individuals across the country. They also manage a dynamic investment process to help these plans succeed.

Christopher has worked in the Financial Services industry since 2014 and was recruited to Baird Private Wealth Management as fully licensed Financial Advisor in 2018. In 2021, Christopher joined The Elliott Group which is a team that has guided their clients successfully through the historical markets of the past two decades and has been honored in multiple years as one of Baird’s Most Influential Teams.

Christopher graduated with Honors from the W.P Carey School of Business at Arizona State University earning bachelor’s degrees in both Finance and International Business. Before joining Baird in 2018, Christopher worked for Wells Fargo & Co was recognized with several honors, including the firm’s President’s Club Membership reserved for the top 2% of employees in his division.


Christopher is passionate about serving his local community with his time. He is on the Board of Directors for Blue Line Arts, a premier arts gallery in the Greater Sacramento region, and an ambassador for the Roseville Chamber of Commerce. In 2019 and 2020 Chris taught financial literacy courses to high school students throughout the area.

A lifelong California resident, Christopher has called Roseville home since 1995. He is an avid snowboarder and enjoys working out as well as hiking the Sierra Foothills. However, his greatest joy is to spend time with his wife Sabrina and their young boys Joseph, Marcus and Dominick.

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This award was issued on 02/01/2026 by Five Star Professional (FSP) for the time period 05/15/2025 through 12/03/2025. Fee paid for use of marketing materials. Self-completed questionnaire was used for rating. This rating is not related to the quality of the investment advice and based solely on the disclosed criteria. 1329 Sacramento-area wealth managers were considered for the award; 82 (6 % of candidates) were named 2026 Five Star Wealth Managers. The following prior year statistics use this format: YEAR: # Considered, # Winners, % of candidates, Issued Date, Research Period. 2025: 1,288, 39, 3%, 2/2/25, 5/15/24 - 11/29/24; 2024: 1,163, 110, 9%, 2/1/24, 5/15/23 - 11/30/23; 2023: 946, 107, 11%, 2/1/23, 6/6/22 - 12/9/22; 2022: 1,082, 94, 9%, 2/1/22, 6/14/21 - 12/10/21; 2021: 1,080, 96, 9%, 2/1/21, 6/1/20 - 12/18/20; 2020: 1,006, 99, 10%, 2/1/20, 5/27/19 - 12/20/19; 2019: 997, 115, 12%, 2/1/19, 5/31/18 - 12/21/18; 2018: 902, 99, 11%, 2/1/18, 6/2/17 - 12/29/17; 2017: 641, 170, 27%, 1/1/17, 4/26/16 - 12/28/16; 2016: 597, 179, 30%, 1/1/16, 8/5/15 - 12/31/15; 2015: 1,011, 210, 21%, 2/1/15, 8/5/14 - 12/31/14; 2014: 809, 167, 21%, 2/1/14, 8/5/13 - 12/31/13; 2013: 1,040, 202, 19%, 2/1/13, 8/5/12 - 12/31/12; 2012: 881, 175, 20%, 2/1/12, 8/5/11 - 12/31/11.