Costa Mesa, CA Office

Zachary Smith is a CFP® professional with 13 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Creative Planning. His prior experience includes roles at JP Morgan Securities and Cetera Wealth Services. Outside of his advisory work, he owns a sole proprietorship called Study Tech, which involves branding and selling various products online. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients. The firm emphasizes a financial-planning-led investment approach focused on low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies while offering a range of specialized services such as sub-advisory arrangements and private market investments.

Daniel Cox is a CFP® and holds a Series 65 license with two years of industry experience. He currently works at Creative Planning, LLC and previously held roles at Modern Wealth Management LLC and several other companies across various industries. Creative Planning provides wealth management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to a broad client base, including high-net-worth and ultra-affluent individuals as well as pension plans and corporations. The firm employs a financial-planning-led investment approach that emphasizes low-cost indexing and buy-and-hold strategies, supplemented by selective private market exposure and tax-efficient techniques.