Blair Anderson | Managing Senior Advisor

Blair Anderson is the Managing Senior Advisor and Co-Founder of Hightower Great Lakes. Blair joined Hightower in 2009 to provide his clients with an unobstructed view of their financial landscapes. He brings with him more than 34 years of industry experience and focuses on developing comprehensive, goals-based investment management strategies for institutional and individual clients.

Prior to joining Hightower, Blair was a Senior Vice President with PaineWebber (UBS Financial Services) and served on their President’s Council. He also spent six years with Prudential Securities and received their Career Builder Award. Blair began his career by trading commodities through Lind-Waldock. With a desire to serve his country, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Airborne Rangers and served during the Panama invasion. Blair then returned to Oak Brook, IL to continue his career in the financial industry.

Blair has been honored on Forbes’ list of the Best-In-State Wealth Advisors for the years 2021-2025 and previously Barron’s “Top 1,000 Advisors.”

Blair is active in community affairs, serving in board and committee capacities across children's organizations, including Treasurer of the Board of Trustees for Camps Leelanau & Kohahna and President of the Board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Michigan. Blair and his family have also spent time fundraising for the Principia School / Simunye Project in South Africa.

* Per Barron’s: “The rankings are based on data provided by over 4,000 of the nation's most productive advisors. Factors included in the rankings: assets under management, revenue produced for the firm, regulatory record, quality of practice and philanthropic work. Investment performance isn't an explicit component because not all advisors have audited results and because performance figures often are influenced more by clients' risk tolerance than by an advisor's investment-picking abilities.”

*Compensation has been paid for the ability to use the Forbes award in marketing materials.