www.negociosnow.com
14 March 2023
Innovating
financial
services
WORDS OF WISDOM:
"É
chele ganas (work hard).
Papá Corral.
"C
ada cabeza es un mundo
propio (each head is a world of
its own). "
Mama Corral
Age: 30
Title: Founder
Organization: Retirement
Systems
After years of dedicating himself
to producing successful finan-
cial outcomes when managing
risk and reward within finance,
Richard Corral founded an in-
dependent wealth management
company (Skyward Wealth) and
then a registered investment ad-
visory firm and insurance agen-
cy: Retirement Systems. He did
all this in his 20s, becoming one
of the first few young minority
founders of these types of firms.
Next he's working on a revolutio-
nary financial technology plat-
form: Advanced Advisor.
Corral and Retirement Sys-
tems were recently recognized
by Crain's Chicago Business
magazine for providing qua-
lity financial services. Corral
has also received the regards
of Citadel executives for desig-
ning plans that serve the best
interests of clients.
Early in his career, Corral
worked in the hedge fund di-
vision of CME Group/Chicago
Board of Trade, which handles
more than $1 quadrillion per
year of advanced financial ins-
truments such as options and
futures. At Grant Thornton, a
top five global public accoun-
ting and financial services firm,
and CVC he performed valua-
tion services by constructing
buy/sell side purchase price
allocations and stock option
models for public/private com-
panies and private equity firms.
Corral belonged to Aon's finan-
cial leadership program where
he supported efficiency, re-
conciliation, and reclassments
of several billion per quarter.
Corral graduated cum laude in
finance at DePaul University in
downtown Chicago.
Corral was raised by a hard-
working Mexican family that
included his entrepreneur
father Everardo, his mother
Martha, and older sister Eira,
now an elected official. His
father encouraged Corral at a
young age to learn about tra
-
ding stocks since as an immi-
grant, it was more feasible for
Everardo to be involved in real
estate and construction.
Richard Corral
