CHRISTIAN DE BERARDINIS – FOUNDER & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Christian De Berardinis is the Founder and Managing Partner of Aperture Advisors, a Registered Investment Adviser. Under his leadership, Aperture Advisors, is built on a simple principle: guiding investors with experience, integrity, and transparency.
Professional Experience
Christian began his career at JPMorgan’s New York headquarters, renowned as one of the most competitive environments in global finance. Within the Investment Bank, he worked directly with some of the world’s largest institutional investors — advising them on the firm’s research, market insights, and execution support to help them make informed investment decisions. He partnered closely with trading desks, syndicate teams, and investment bankers to support capital-raising efforts for public and private companies, including IPOs, secondary offerings, and private placements. This role gave him hands-on exposure to how markets function at scale, how institutions allocate capital, and how companies finance growth.
He later advanced to the Private Bank at JPMorgan, the firm’s highest level of banking, where he advised prominent families, foundations, pensions, endowments, and trust companies — including major university endowments. The role focused on the firm’s elite clientele, where De Berardinis drew upon his deep knowledge of the firm to deliver comprehensive solutions for intricate client personal and professional needs.
In 2015, Christian was recruited by Morgan Stanley, where he took his practice to an even higher level — successfully serving even larger more sophisticated investors. His work spanned helping investors pursue the right investment returns through disciplined portfolio construction as well as helping them navigate the firms vast resources. He was known for negotiating relentlessly on behalf of clients to secure better terms and always putting their interests first.
Eventually, it became clear that the large brokerage firms could not provide what investors truly wanted — independent, conflict-free advice. Guided by this vision, Christian left Morgan Stanley to establish Aperture Advisors, a firm built to put investors first, as he has throughout his career.
Today, at Aperture Advisors, Christian applies this institutional foundation with full investment discretion. His focus is clear: cut through industry noise and deliver strong risk-adjusted returns through a disciplined approach, tax-efficient strategies designed to preserve and grow capital over the long term.
De Berardinis - Family Legacy
Christian’s professional values are deeply connected to his family’s legacy. His family hails from Silvi Alta, a historic hilltop town in Abruzzo, Italy.
During World War II, members of the De Berardinis family, along with other residents of Silvi Alta, risked their lives to shelter Jewish families fleeing Nazi persecution. This history of courage and compassion has been documented and recognized internationally, including by Gariwo, Ynet News, JWeekly, and Wikipedia.
For Christian, this legacy is more than history — it represents a culture of helping others in times of need. He views his work with investors as an extension of that same spirit: guiding people with trust, discipline, and conviction, especially in moments of uncertainty.
Community & Personal Life
Christian has been active in philanthropy and community causes throughout his career. He has completed the New York City and San Diego marathons, raising money for cancer research in support of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and has supported fundraising events for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Dalhousie University, a leading Canadian institution. He is fluent in Italian and conversational in French and Spanish, which enables him to connect with a broad range of clients and colleagues.
Christian lives in West Palm Beach, Florida, with his beautiful and loving wife and is a dedicated father to two young daughters. Family is central to his life, and the perspective of being both a husband and a father reinforces his belief in building strategies that protect wealth today while creating opportunity for the next generation.