Capital Connoisseur Group

Founded in 2012, Capital Connoisseur Group (CCG), LLC was founded as an advocate for educating the masses on personal financial literacy and to provide affordable full service financial advisory, coaching and speaking services. Capital Connoisseur Group understands the need to provide exceptional financial services to those in under served areas. We believe in working with those who don’t possess million dollar portfolios or even a portfolio at all.

Our Principles

• Professionalism, Personal Touch and Prosperity
• Embrace a simplistic approach to personal finances
• Help transform fear into confidence and anxiety into calm

Clarence “CJ” Thompson

Finance Coach, Speaker, Mentor & Founder of Capital Connoisseur Group

Who is The Capital Connoisseur? Clarence “CJ” L.D. Thompson II is an ambitious and determined individual whose mission in life is to preach the importance of financial literacy. He is a speaker, personal finance coach, real estate investor and stock trader. His passion in life is to show others how to do more with less.

Clarence founded Capital Connoisseur Group (CCG) with the intent to educate the masses on personal financial literacy, providing coaching and other financial services.

Born and raised in Baltimore, he understood the disadvantage that individuals from urban populations were faced with. This birthed his passion to become an educator in personal finance. By the age of 12, he knew his calling was to educate on the subject of finances and help people properly manage them.

Clarence has held multiple financial seminars around the country advocating for an increase in personal finance literacy. He has held careers in insurance, accounting, auditing, financial planning, and budgeting. His company, Capital Connoisseur Group, has assisted dozens of families with planning and executing their financial goals. In addition, CCG has performed financial services for two churches with combined annual revenue of over $500,000, multiple community youth programs and civic organizations along the East Coast.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from Temple University in finance and real estate as well as a Master’s degree in Business Administration. Combining technical expertise along with a down to earth realistic approach to finances into a transformation journey to financial freedom is my gift to share with the World. It is the goal to help others while helping myself.