Focus Financial Partners

Adolf said of the company's founding that "We saw tens of thousands of independent firms out there, without good succession planning and handicapped by their small size. They were doing well, but could do better if they had some of the benefits of a big organization behind them without compromising their entrepreneurial independence and spirit."By October 2007, the company had expanded to a total of 14 partner firms. Focus began expanding internationally in 2008 with the addition of England's Greystone Financial Services Ltd., and later that year introduced its Focus Independence program to "help elite advisors fully realize their entrepreneurial potential".

In 2009, Polaris Venture Partners and Summit Partners provided Focus with $50 million of new capital. Continuing to grow, Focus closed a $220 million credit facility in January 2012, making its access to credit "unique in the RIA industry."In 2013, the company received an additional $216 million strategic equity investment from Centerbridge and in 2014 expanded to a $550 million credit facility. In 2015, Focus expanded into Canada through Dorchester Wealth Management and announced a $1 billion credit facility.In 2017, the firm expanded internationally once more with an equity investment in Financial Professionals in Australia, and the total number of Focus partner firms passed 40.In April 2017, Focus announced that an investor group, led by Stone Point Capital and KKR & Co. L.P. would acquire a majority stake in the company, valuing Focus at approximately $2 billion.In May 2017, Focus announced that SCS Financial and its subsidiary, SCS Capital Management, an independent registered investment advisory firm based in Boston, Massachusetts and New York, New York, entered into a definitive agreement to join the Focus partnership, the largest deal in Focus' history.In July 2018, the company offered over 16 million shares of the firm's Class A common stock. The IPO gathered a total of $615.4 million in gross proceeds. The stock jumped 14% on its first day of trading on the NASDAQ Stock Market.In December 2020, RIA Intel reported that Focus planned to create its own RIA firm called Connectus Wealth Advisers.