Monte Zwang Bio

Wellness Capital Management principal Monte Zwang is passionate about helping people reach their full potential.  He is an entrepreneur with more than 25 years of business development, capital management and financial consulting expertise in the wellness, hospitality and food services industries, as well as manufacturing and construction.  Monte holds his real estate broker license and has significant experience in transaction and contract negotiations for commercial real estate sales, acquisitions and leases. 

Monte Zwang has been a business, operational and financial consultant for more than 25 years, teaching entrepreneurs and company leaders in real estate, food and beverage, resorts and hotels, and retail industries the strategies of cash flow management.  He has significant experience working with proprietors of day spas, salons and medical practices.

Monte co-founded Wellness Capital Management in 2005 to enable business owners to achieve the delicate balance between providing their clients exceptional customer service while being true to their goal of business profitability.  Since the inception of Wellness Capital Management, Zwang has developed budgets, feasibility studies and financial strategies for day spa and salon operators, physicians, wellness center owners and body workers. Zwang also oversees Wellness Capital Management’s full-charge bookkeeping service. He has assisted in debt restructuring, commercial real estate transactions, mergers, acquisitions and leases. Zwang has taught business valuation and cash flow management workshops at regional banks. He has taught financial management classes at the Day Spa Expo (DSE), International Esthetics, Cosmetics and Spa Conference (IECSC) and International Spa Association (ISPA) Conference and Expo.

As Managing Partner of Steele Development Corporation between 1991 and 2005, Zwang personally managed the financial strategies of hundreds of businesses. Steele Development Corporation is a financial consultancy that specializes in the cash flow management and business strategies for businesses in a distressed financial condition. Debt and tax negotiation, financial restructure, financing and business management were areas of specialization. Monte has sourced and placed tens of millions of dollars in financing for clients needing operating lines of credit, long term debt, business start-up capital and real estate acquisitions.  Monte’s experience in financial analysis and business turnaround strategies has enabled businesses in many different industries a fresh start and clear direction towards profitability.

As a consultant in the Leisure Times Industry division of Laventhol and Horwath CPA, Zwang performed market research, business feasibility studies and loan documents for hospitality and mixed use retail projects.

Monte is a graduate of the University of Denver. Zwang has been named a “Five Star Best in Client Satisfaction Wealth Manager”  by Seattle Magazine in 2009 and 2010. He is an active member of the International Spa Association and Committee Chair of the Research and Studies Committee of the Day Spa Association.