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    Santiago Vidales Hildebrandt

    Praestantia Capital, LLC

    4411 San Felipe St.
    Suite 600
    Houston, TX 77027
    713-240-0024
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    https://praestantia-capital.com

    About Santiago Vidales Hildebrandt

    Santiago Vidales Hildebrandt is the Founding Partner and Managing Principal of Praestantia Capital, LLC, an independent, fee-only registered investment adviser with offices in Houston and San Antonio, Texas. He works with high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, and businesses, both in the United States and internationally, delivering personalized wealth management strategies aligned with each client's goals.

    Santiago brings roughly a decade of experience across private wealth management and corporate and investment banking. Before founding Praestantia Capital in 2026, he served as a Private Client Manager at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith in Houston. Earlier in his career he was an Associate Relationship Manager at HSBC Bank USA, a Senior Wealth Strategy Associate at UBS Financial Services, and a Corporate and Investment Banking Analyst at BBVA Compass.

    His areas of focus include cross-border and international wealth management, family wealth and legacy planning, corporate executive services, small business strategies, philanthropic planning, managing new wealth, and tax-efficient investing. He builds personalized portfolios that combine passive and active strategies with access to both public and private markets.

    Santiago holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia with an study abroad at the University of Oxford in the UK. He has passed the Series 7, Series 66, and SIE examinations and is registered as an Investment Adviser. As an independent fiduciary, he is committed to transparency and to acting solely in his clients' best interests.

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    General Information

    Firm Start Year
    • 2020
    No. of Employees
    • 2-4
    CRD#
    • 6538383
    Firm CRD#
    • 334865
    Name of Custodial Firm
    • Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Interactive Brokers LLC
    States Licensed in
    • TX
    Years of Experience in Financial Services
    • 10
    Number of Years with Current Firm
    • 6
    Work Experience
    • Praestantia Capital, LLC (01/2020 - Present): Founding Partner, Investment Adviser Representative and Managing Principal Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. (11/2021 - 04/2026): Private Client Manager HSBC Bank USA (03/2019 - 11/2021): Associate Relationship Manager UBS Financial Services Inc. (09/2018 - 04/2019): Senior Wealth Strategy Associate BBVA Compass (01/2016 - 09/2018): Corporate and Investment Banking Analyst
    Work with the following types of clients
    • Businesses, High-net-worth families, family offices, international clients, Individual Investors
    Foreign Languages Serviced
    • English, Spanish
    Advisory Services Provided
    • Estate Planning & Trusts, Investment Advice & Management, Financial Advice & Consulting, Financial Planning for Individuals, Financial Planning for Businesses, Tax Advice and Services, Financial Planning, Portfolio Management, Retirement Planning, 401K Rollovers, Risk Management, Money Management, Wealth Management

    Compliance

    Registered Investment Advisor
    • Yes
    Investment Advisor Representative
    • Yes
    Acknowledged fiduciary
    • Yes
    Compliance Disclosures in Last 5 years
    • I have a clean record
    Criminal Disclosures in Last 5 years
    • I have a clean record

    Qualifications & Membership

    Securities Licenses
    • Series 7, Series 66, SIE

    Firm Information

    Firm's Number of Clients
    • 22
    Firm's Number of Managed Clients
    • 22
    Assets Managed by Firm
    • $534,333,350
    Total Assets Under Management by Advisor
    • $534,333,350

    Compensation and Fees

    Fee Structure
    • Fee-Only
    Minimum Portfolio Size for New Managed Accounts
    • $500,000
    Compensation Methods
    • Flat Fee, Based on Assets

    Education

    Economics - Economics

    University of Georgia
    01/01/2012 -12/18/2015

    Economics - Economics

    University of Oxford
    01/06/2015 -12/18/2015

    Disclosures

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    Disclaimer

    Praestantia Capital, LLC is a registered investment adviser. Advisory services are only offered to clients or prospective clients where Praestantia Capital, LLC and its representatives are properly licensed or exempt from licensure. The information provided is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Past performance is no guarantee of future returns. Investing involves risk and possible loss of principal capital. No advice may be rendered by Praestantia Capital, LLC unless a client service agreement is in place.

    https://praestantia-capital.com/disclaimer

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