Elizabeth Urish
Founding Partner & Managing Director
Leading with perspective
Elizabeth Urish is Founder and Managing Director of Steel Tower Investments. She’s an industry leader in helping high-net-worth business owners and families manage their wealth. She places an emphasis on strategically managing risk, cash flow, and tax implications within her clients’ portfolios. She is known for her deep market knowledge and immersive approach to managing clients’ total wealth portfolios.
“I’m constantly seeking out advantages for my clients across disciplines. With a background on the trading floor at Deutsche Bank and my training as an engineer, I often uncover opportunities for my clients that others may miss.”
Elizabeth Urish, Founding Partner & Managing Director
Deep institutional investment experience
With over 15 years of experience, Elizabeth brings an institutional viewpoint to investment management. During her tenure as a Vice President on the trading floor at Deutsche Bank, she constructed complex investments across asset classes for high-net-worth individuals, wealth management firms, and mutual funds. She offers a nuanced understanding of the Fed through her extensive network of relationships across the financial world. As a result, her clients gain insight to the on-the-ground reality behind market movements as well as the opportunities facing their portfolios.
At Steel Tower, Elizabeth works in close partnership with the Urish Popeck slate of certified public accountants and estate attorneys as well as with a seasoned investment management committee. This collaboration enables Elizabeth to take a uniquely cross-disciplinary perspective on the performance, tax outlook, and sources of risk within each client portfolio and proactively recommend strategic solutions.
Melding business and engineering perspectives
Elizabeth graduated from the Pennsylvania State University with a bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering and a master of business administration degree from Carnegie Mellon University. She has been a guest lecturer at both Carnegie Mellon and Penn State. She is a member of the Captive Insurance Companies Association, the Arizona Captive Insurance Association, and the Utah Captive Insurance Association.
Elizabeth speaks frequently within the industry on topics including the impact of macroeconomic issues on client portfolios as well as best practices for managing captive insurance entities. Outside of work, she loves spending time with her three children and husband.
