Who We Are

Joel carries the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation which is widely considered the “gold standard” among the designations in the investment management community. In addition to the CFA®, he also carries the Certified Financial Planner(R) (CFP®) designation which is much more focused on (yep, you guessed it) the financial planning side of things. Since Glass Lakes Capital Management is an investment management AND a financial planning firm, Joel uses the knowledge he learned from both curriculums on a daily basis.

Joel graduated with a degree in Finance from The University of Kansas. Prior to founding Glass Lakes Capital Management, he was a Senior Vice President of Keen Wealth Advisors where he primarily focused on investment management and financial planning needs for high net worth individuals. Prior to joining Keen Wealth Advisors, Joel was a portfolio manager for The Commerce Trust Company. There he was a member of the Fixed Income Strategy and the Alternative Investment Strategy Committees. Joel executed trades for the 10-b-5-1 plan and the Tax Managed Strategy and he won the System-Wide All-Star award in 2014. Before that Joel worked at Prairie Capital Management and at a statistical arbitrage hedge fund in Leawood, KS.

Joel comes from a family of entrepreneurs. Joel understands work ethic and put himself through college working long hours in the family business. Joel has 11 siblings, all of whom are competitive Water Skiers. Joel was part of the KU Water Ski Team that took second place at nationals. The Hamilton family has been on the cover of USA Waterski Magazine twice. Joel and his wife, Katherine, have been married over 12 years and have 2 daughters and 1 son. Although, Joel has been quoted as saying, “I’m not going to try to out-do my parents”.

Thorne brings to Glass Lakes Capital Management over eight years of wealth advising, portfolio management, and analyst experience.

Prior to his investment career, Thorne spent eight years in corporate sales, analytics and management for Fortune 500 companies. His previous corporate experiences enable him to apply his comprehensive fundamental and technical knowledge to analyzing and investing in blue-chip large-cap companies.

Thorne specializes in wealth management for high net worth individuals using large cap growth and value stocks, along with tax exempt and corporate bonds. He promotes a “tax efficient” investment policy, which includes preservation of capital. He also excels in achieving high yields for more income focused clients. Mr. Daimler tailors each individual's portfolio to meet the client's specific needs. He typically builds custom portfolios using individual stocks and bonds, but does use ETFs when they make sense. Most importantly, Thorne has studied and understands the emotional element of investing and favors time tested, fundamental approaches to long-term investing.

Thorne resides in Kansas City with his wife Laura and three children Nolan, Oakleigh, and Addy. 

He has held the Accredited Wealth Management AdvisorSM (AWMA®) designation since 2023.