The journey

Athlete, then
advisor.

A path guided by a simple conviction: the rigour that wins in competition is the rigour that wins in wealth management.

Status
Independent advisor
ORIAS
no. 25 00 00 16
Background
Professional basketball → CGP
Coverage
Paris · Lyon · Bordeaux · Strasbourg · Nice · Montpellier · Marseille · Genevois
Camil Czajkowski, founder of Le Chêne Patrimonial, running

Always in motion

Sport is not behind me.

I left the court, not the discipline. Trail running took over: the same training blocks, the same management of effort, the same patience for a goal that only comes after months of work, but this time in the mountains, facing the terrain and the weather.

I don't leave that consistency at the office door. It shapes the way I build a wealth plan: step by step, with a clear direction and measurable milestones, because wealth, like a trail run, is won above all in the kilometres where you doubt.

"In sport, the hardest discipline is not the effort, it's the patience of a plan held over time. For wealth, it's exactly the same."

Camil Czajkowski

The story, in five chapters

Founding chapters.

01

The court

Elite sport, from a young age

Scouted as a teenager on a basketball court, I stepped into a life where training, competition and demand became the everyday norm. Strasbourg, Limoges, Dijon in France, then Radom, Wrocław, Kraków in Poland: six clubs, six seasons, six locker rooms. There, I learned what it truly means to face performance, and to accept that some days, you lose despite all the work put in.

02

The method

Discipline, method, structure

Elite sport is a school of structure. You plan the season in blocks. You measure everything: load, recovery, progression. You adjust continuously. That grammar, objective, plan, execution, feedback, became my way of approaching any complex problem.

03

The observation

Career transition, an unspoken subject

Like many athletes, I watched brilliant careers around me land badly. The reasons? Rarely a lack of skill. Almost always a lack of financial foresight: no structured wealth plan, no tax optimisation during the peak years, no safety net for what comes after. I decided to take on this subject.

04

The shift

From athlete to advisor

I completed the demanding training to become a wealth management advisor (ORIAS registration no. 25 00 00 16), while continuing to train in the tax specifics of atypical income: executives, self-employed professionals, athletes, artists. I chose total independence: no bank behind me, no targets imposed by a network.

05

Today

Le Chêne Patrimonial

The firm supports entrepreneurs, individuals, executives and athletes in building, protecting and passing on their wealth. The promise is simple: a clear strategy, decisions that are explained, follow-up that lasts. Like a sporting season prepared with rigour, never left to chance.

What sport taught me

Four lessons that shape my work.

Performance is a process, not a flash of brilliance.

Wealth results come from repeated, consistent decisions, not a single brilliant bet.

Data doesn't lie.

We measure, we project, we compare. Every recommendation is backed by figures the client can read clearly.

A good coach also says "no."

Sometimes my role is to hold you back from a fashionable move or a product that doesn't serve you.

True level comes from consistency.

I commit for the long term. Wealth is judged over ten years, not one quarter.

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