Rich has been in the financial services industry since 1998.  Early in his career, Rich assisted clients in assessing risk and return principles via Mutual Funds, Managed Accounts, Stock Holdings, ETF’s, Annuities, Long-Term Care, Life Insurance, and Viatical Settlements.  During this time, Rich also owned a very successful insurance company with clients across 35 states.

In 2021, Rich transitioned his financial planning practice towards assisting business owners who are working with M&A, Private Equity, and business broker firms in the sale of their businesses. Rich gained vast knowledge in this area and a new appreciation for the challenges his clients face after working through a Private Equity transaction with one of his own businesses.

During Rich’s transaction he found very few platforms that could provide Investment, Tax Planning, Legal Services, Consulting, and Banking Services under one single fee platform.  Realizing that business owners faced the same challenges, he helped negotiate this transition for not only himself, but also twenty-seven other business owners, at one time. Fast forward to today, Rich now focuses on assisting clients during this transition from business owner to strategic wealth investor, helping them develop a plan and assemble a team that will educate them and their family to perpetuate this wealth for generations to come.

A native of West Virginia, Rich currently resides in Raleigh, North Carolina, with his wife, Analuisa. Together, they are deeply involved in the community along with their five young adult children.  Rich is a graduate of Marshall University and holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Charleston. He holds a FINRA Series 6, 7, 63. 65, 26 registrations, as well as Life, Health, Accident, Long-Term care, and Property / Casualty licenses. Rich earned Certification in Long-Term Care Planning and LUTCF designations and is a qualifying member of the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT).

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