Robert Villaflor, CEO of Sprott Wealth Management | Rule Symposium 2026: Rick Rule interviews
Rule Investment Media May 14, 2026
Summary
Sprott Wealth Management staffs geologists who review drill results every morning, and CEO Rob Villaflor argues that specialist depth separates it from generalist advisors.
Rick Rule highlights the firm's access to the wider Sprott organization, which he says manages over $80 billion in resource assets.
Its private resource exploration and development fund can buy PIPEs (Private Investment in Public Entities — discounted blocks of listed stock).
Villaflor says the firm invests alongside clients in the same products, so advisor incentives stay aligned with investor outcomes.
Prospective clients can reach CEO Rob Villaflor directly by email or phone before the July 6-10 Rule Symposium in Boca Raton.
Rick Rule's takeaways
- Top takeaway Rule says every public company exhibitor at his symposium is owned in his own accounts and that he vets every exhibitor and service provider, backed by a money-back guarantee he has run for 30 years with refunds of less than 0.1% of tuitions charged.
- He endorses Sprott Wealth Management's research setup — an organization-wide weekly call and daily geologist meetings feeding its reps — as "very impressive" and unlike other wealth managers.
- He argues the July 6-10 Boca Raton symposium delivers more content than attendees can absorb, which is why he previews every speaker and exhibitor in pre-conference interviews and records all sessions including breakouts.
- He notes the event was previously named the Sprott Natural Resources Investment Symposium and says he believes he remains Sprott's largest shareholder.