When Brandon and his family chose to plant roots in Marietta, it wasn’t by accident. They were drawn to the strong public schools, the sense of safety and connection, and the unmistakable pride that defines Cobb County. This is where his children will grow, attend local schools, build lifelong friendships, and learn what it means to belong to a community that truly shows up for one another.
East Cobb’s entrepreneurial spirit resonates deeply with him. Many of the families he serves are business owners, physicians, executives, and leaders carrying complex financial responsibilities. Their lives aren’t simple — and their financial strategies shouldn’t be either
As founder of 3 Strands Wealth, a wealth management firm affiliated with Northwestern Mutual, Brandon leads with a clear mission: creating financial security, prosperity, and legacy for the families and business owners he serves. For him, those three pillars are not just words —they are deeply personal convictions.
Early in his career, Brandon worked with Chick-fil-A, where he learned the power of a service-first model shaped by the enduring leadership legacy of S. Truett Cathy. That foundation — putting people first, leading with integrity, and serving with excellence - still forms the way he shows up for clients today.
Long before launching his own firm, Brandon understood, his conviction about financial stewardship is also deeply personal. As a child, he watched his father navigate serious illness and long-term disability - an experience that permanently altered his family’s financial trajectory and instilled in him, at an early age, the critical importance of thoughtful planning and protection.
His journey represents hard work, late nights, risk-taking, and resilience. He sees first-hand how families who plan with intention don’t just build wealth, they build freedom, stability, and opportunity for the next generation.
A Calling Grounded in Security
Brandon understands that financial security is the foundation. It’s the quiet confidence that comes from knowing your family is protected, your risks are managed, and your future isn’t left to chance. As a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional and highly credentialed wealth management advisor, he brings both rigor and discipline to that foundation. His clients often face sophisticated financial circumstances—complex compensation structures, business succession decisions and multi-generational estate considerations.
These aren’t one-size-fits-all conversations - and Brandon doesn’t approach them alone. He is backed by a seasoned team of professionals with deep bench experience across investment strategy, risk management, estate planning coordination, and business continuity. Together, they design comprehensive strategies that anticipate both opportunity and uncertainty.
Because in Brandon’s words, some things are simply stronger together.
Prosperity With Purpose
If security is the base, prosperity is the growth, but Brandon’s definition of prosperity goes beyond performance charts.
Prosperity means freedom - the freedom to choose how you spend your time, how you grow your business, how you give back, and how you show up for your family. It means creating momentum that aligns wealth with values. It’s the belief that true wealth management requires understanding the whole person. The whole family. The whole business.
This philosophy has earned him recognition beyond the local community. Brandon has been recognized by Forbes as a Best-in-State Top Financial Security Professional for 2024 and 2025*, a distinction that reflects on various factors including impact.
Yet accolades are not what drive him. What drives him is the opportunity to sit across the table from a neighbor and ask: What does success look like for you? What would it mean to feel fully secure? What legacy of prosperity do you envision for your children—not just financially, but personally?
In addition to the deeply personal approach Brandon and his team bring to every relationship, their work includes advanced planning designed to enhance tax efficiency and thoughtful mitigation strategies, coordinated exit and succession planning for business owners, comprehensive wealth management and retirement strategies, and the integration of proven risk management solutions to help protect what matters most at every life stage. While every recommendation is tailored and confidential, the goal remains consistent: structure, clarity, and alignment between opportunity and protection.
As a firm affiliated with Northwestern Mutual, 3 Strands Wealth draws from an integrated planning model that thoughtfully combines investment and risk management strategies under one coordinated approach. Northwestern Mutual is widely recognized for its long-standing financial strength and client-centered philosophy. Independent research and industry studies from respected organizations such as Ernst & Young (EY) have highlighted the value of integrating investment and risk management planning as a powerful framework for building sustainable financial success. For Brandon, this reinforces what he already believes: when protection and growth strategies work together, families can be better positioned to create lasting financial security, prosperity, and legacy.
Legacy That Lives Beyond Numbers
The third pillar—legacy—is where Brandon’s heart shows most clearly.
Legacy isn’t simply about wealth transfer. It’s about wisdom transfer. It’s about preparing the next generation to steward opportunity with responsibility. It’s about aligning financial structure with generational values. Brandon and his family made an intentional decision to establish roots in Marietta. They were drawn to the strong public schools, the deep sense of community pride, and the feeling that this is a place where families truly put down lasting roots. This is where his children are growing up. Where they’ll walk through local school hallways, build enduring friendships, and understand the importance of community connection. For Brandon, serving East Cobb families isn’t transactional—it’s relational. The people he advises are often the same ones he sees at school events, on the sidelines of youth sports, or around town. That proximity reinforces his responsibility.
“When you care about the whole person—the whole family, the whole business—planning changes,” he often says. “It becomes long-term. It becomes intentional. It becomes legacy work.”
The Third Strand
The name 3 Strands Wealth believes that true financial strength weaves together three essential strands: Security (defense). Prosperity (wealth). Legacy (future generations – values, story and, yes, money). The first protects. The second grows. The third endures. Individually, each matter — but woven together, they become far stronger than anyone alone, as a chord of three strands is not easily broken.
The inspiration echoes the wisdom of Ecclesiastes 4:12: “Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” It’s a reminder that lasting strength - in faith, in family, and in finance - is built with intention and woven to endure.
“As the founder of 3 Strands Wealth, I’m deeply inspired by the life and writings of King Solomon. He’s one of the most well-known and chronicled figures in history - renowned for both his extraordinary wisdom and his extraordinary wealth,” shares Brandon. “Historians estimate that, adjusted for inflation, his wealth today would fall somewhere between $2 to $3.9 trillion, making him arguably the wealthiest individual in global history. But what makes Solomon so compelling to me isn’t just the scale of his wealth, it’s that we have a record of his life, his successes and his failures, and his own written reflections on what truly matters.”
That belief mirrors the way Brandon has built his firm, his client relationships, and his life here in East Cobb: thoughtfully, collaboratively, and with an eye on generations ahead.
In a world that often treats wealth as a scorecard, Brandon sees it as a responsibility and an opportunity. An opportunity to protect what families have worked tirelessly to build. To help prosperity flourish with intention and to ensure that legacy is not accidental, but by design.
Right here in East Cobb – Marietta, he is doing just that – helping to create financial security, prosperity, and legacy for the community he proudly calls home.
*Forbes Best-in-State Top Financial Security Professionals (July 2024, July 2025), based upon data as of December 31st of preceding year. Research & ranking provided by SHOOK® Research, LLC. Northwestern Mutual and its advisors do not pay for placement on 3rd party rating lists, but do pay marketing fees to these organizations to promote the rating(s). Rankings and recognitions are no guarantee of future investment success.
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