FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL

“To the world you may be one person;
but to one person you may be the world.”

Steven built S. H. Hirth & Associates as a tribute to two primary non-academic educational experiences: his childhood home environment and his international professional career.

At home, Steven witnessed his parents build their business endeavors through hard work, commitment and sacrifices while establishing trust and loyalty. His parents instilled in him the importance of an honorable reputation and a good name. For Steven, people and business relationships are each unique and distinguished, yet often share numerous similarities.

Those familial fundamental ethics, values and teachings have been applied to Steven’s earlier professional activities while bridging and expanding SME activities across the State of Connecticut, Southeast Asia; and the Republic of Austria, and earlier as the Director of International Client Acquisition and Special Projects for the Oesterreichische Laenderbank AG (Bank Austria). It was there that he was part of the core team to launch the first Index Tracking Fund out of Central Europe.

Steven completed the OPM program at the Harvard Business School. He earned his MBA from Columbia University Graduate School of Business, his Bachelor of Science from Northeastern University and is a graduate of the Loomis Chaffee School.

Complementing his activities at S. H. Hirth & Associates, Steven manages his own single Family Office and his Family Foundation, which focuses on domestic and international health and education concentrating on assisting the elderly and very young.

The process, and the results delivered are differentiated by the boutique’s core values: commitment to excellence, integrity, unwavering long-term partnerships, focus on making a positive impact on the world and never, at any cost, jeopardizing the good names and reputations of ourselves or our partners.

S. H. Hirth & Associates is the “Financial Sherpa, Shaman and Schadchen,”
or heralded distinctly,
Expert, Advisor and Matchmaker.

Creative, solution driven and practical advice, expertise and connections with domestic and international strategic partners and investors are the minimum.

Diane M. Cavanagh

Operations and Executive Director of the Foundation

“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans”

-John Lennon

Since 2008, Diane has managed the day-to-day operations for S H. Hirth & Associates, the Hirth Family Office and the Hirth Family Foundation. She oversees all administrative duties, including human resources, accounting, monitoring investments, legal documentation and coordination with all professionals and vendors. Under her guidance, the firm and family office has grown from a staff of two to five people with over 30 combined years of service with the company.

Having had exposure in several start-ups in the IT arena prior to joining us, Diane views security at the office as a priority and necessary tool for ensuring privacy and confidentiality. She safeguards and maintains proper protocols with experienced support systems.

Diane is most proud of her work in the Foundation where anonymous multi-year pledges have been established, fulfilling the family’s wishes. Please see the above tab, for the Hirth Family Foundation.

The team at S. H. Hirth & Associates supports its founder by creating a “swan on the water” effect. Swans glide majestically when swimming and when flying in a V-formation they reach great heights. No other waterbird moves as fast on the water or in the air, propelling them to its ultimate destination.

The core team, based in New York City, is comprised of a diverse, dynamic and loyal group of individuals who collectively for thirty years, contribute their skills and insights ensuring the success and growth of the partnership and family foundation. They sustain the ethics and values upon which both have been built.