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‘A man of chapters’: The Colony Group co-founder Kirby Hamilton dies at 78

Andrew Foerch / Mar 13, 2025
In between studying spirituality in India, hiking in the Himalayas and collecting art in Santa Fe, Hamilton helped create one of the preeminent RIAs along the eastern seaboard.
Kirby Hamilton, the co-founder and early financier of Boston-based RIA The Colony Group, has died after a battle with Alzheimer’s. He was 78 years old.
Colleagues and friends of Hamilton (pictured with his wife, Melinda) who spoke to Citywire remembered him for his ‘great sense of human nature,’ infatuation with Eastern spirituality and appreciation for bespoke Italian suits from Louis, a once-legendary, now-shuttered boutique in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood. All echoed the profundity of his impact on their careers and personal lives.
Hamilton’s former business partners, including Michael Nathanson, a lawyer by trade who joined The Colony Group in 2003 and ultimately succeeded Hamilton as its CEO, describe him as something of a visionary. Unlike many other RIA founder/financiers, Hamilton was not an advisor or financial services executive, nor was he a professional private equity investor.
Rather, in the mid-1980s, Hamilton was searching for an advisor who could help manage his family’s...
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