Our Story.
From our founder’s vision in a small New York apartment
to one of the industry’s most renowned firms with global reach,
here’s the Caliber story.
Caliber Launches
Harvey Hudes founds Caliber Corporate Advisers. Over the next few years, Caliber focuses on being a trusted partner for leading and emerging companies such as Cutwater Asset Managment (acquired by BNY Mellon), Ipreo (acquired by IHS Markit) and numerous others, building a solid reputation for the firm’s expert advice, candor, connections and client-centric approach.
2010
Caliber Expands Team with Key Hire
Grace Keith Rodriguez joins Caliber as a key member of the leadership team.
2014
Caliber Acquires Leverage PR. Plants flag in Austin.
Caliber furthers its mission of being one of the most sought out and specialized firms in fintech and financial services by acquiring Austin-based Leverage PR.
2017
Holding Company That Owns Caliber Acquires The Financial Revolutionist
After serving as an advisor to The Financial Revolutionist, Harvey acquires the media company with a vision to build community and serve fintechs and financial institutions with editorial insights and intelligence, through tech products. The first product developed is Event Analyzer, a platform built for financial institutions & fintechs to develop a data-informed strategy for identifying which events to attend, speak at, or sponsor.
2018
Caliber Listed as Inc. 5000 Company
Caliber’s inclusion to the Inc. 5000 demonstrates the firm’s notable growth from 2015 – 2018.
2019
Caliber Names First President
Grace Keith Rodriguez is named the first president of Caliber.
2019
Caliber Experiences Significant Growth & Momentum
Caliber becomes a remote workplace and ends the year with record-setting team and revenue growth.
2020
Caliber Expands Geographic Footprint in the U.S.
Caliber expands team with key employee hires across the United States, including but not limited to New York and Austin, to meet growing client demand for services.
2021
Caliber Expands Tech Stack with Investment in Qwoted
Caliber invests in Qwoted, furthering our commitment to leverage technology to keep a pulse on the media landscape and get ahead of the news cycle.
2021
Inc. Magazine Includes Caliber in Inc. 5000
Caliber named by Inc. Magazine to the prestigious Inc. 5000 list as one of the fastest growing private companies in the New York Metro Region.
2022
Forbes Recognizes Caliber CEO
Harvey Hudes identified as Forbes Next 1000 “Upstart Entrepreneurs Redefining The American Dream”.
2022
Financial Times Classifies Caliber as one of the Fastest Growing Companies in the Americas
Caliber identified by the Financial Times as one of the fastest growing companies in the Americas in fourth annual ranking of the region’s businesses by revenue growth.
2023
Caliber Earns Inc. Best Workplaces Award
Caliber honored by Inc. Magazine as one of the companies that has “cracked the culture code”.
2023
Caliber Appoints New CEO & First-Ever CIO
Grace Keith Rodriguez is named CEO of Caliber, with Founder Harvey Hudes stepping into a new role as the firm’s first-ever Chief Innovation Officer (CIO).
2024
