Grant Bettingen, a resident of Corona Del Mar, is the founder of Grant Bettingen, Inc., the FINRA member firm he established in 1985. In addition to having developed a highly successful independent boutique brokerage firm with account executives in multiple states, Grant has built his firm with distinction providing financial services including investment banking, money management, financial planning, retirement planning, and insurance prodcuts.

Grant is the driving force for the local initiatives of his firm, as well as being active with regional and national investment banking organizations including SCIA, FSX, and NIBA. Since the late 1960’s, Grant has been continuously active in the securities industry in Southern California. Prior to founding his own NASD firm, Grant was affiliated with other industry companies including E.F. Hutton, in the research department and Stern, Frank, Meyer and Fox, as a registered representative.

An established and active member in the community, Grant hails from an early and successful pioneering California family involved in investments, business, real estate and energy. Community involvement has included serving as a member of the Board of Directors of Public Television Station KCET and joining the Bettingen family major gift and fund raising efforts as an active founding and sustaining fund raiser for the Orange County Performing Arts Center. Grant is a graduate of the University of Southern California.