Accolades for Our Financial Advisors

Gold Family Wealth advisors are award-winning and among some of the top in the nation.
Forbes Best in State Award 2025
Best Financial Advisors in Norwalk
Top 100 People in Finance
Certified Financial Planner®, Michael Gold
MBA Stern Business School at NYU with Dual Specializations in Quantitative Finance & Leadership
CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®, Daniel Armas
ESG Investing Certificate
Five Star Professional

Top 100 Magazine selections are made utilizing proprietary software, which employs an algorithm to search a variety of online resources for industry-specific terms and key words. These resources include social media, blog posts, peer reviews, and Google indices. In addition, wealth managers must also the following criteria: 1. Registered with the SEC as a registered investment adviser or a registered investment adviser representative; 2. Not more than 1 filed complaint and never been convicted of a felony. Listing in this publication and/or award is not a guarantee of future investment success. This recognition should not be construed as an endorsement of the advisor by any client.

Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisor: Awarded to Michael Gold for 2025. The Forbes ranking of Best-In-State Wealth Advisors, developed by SHOOK Research, is based on an algorithm of qualitative data, rating thousands of wealth advisors with a minimum of seven years’ experience and weighing factors like revenue trends, assets under management, compliance records, industry experience, and best practices learned through telephone and in-person interviews. Portfolio performance is not a criteria due to varying client objectives and lack of audited data. Neither Forbes nor SHOOK receive a fee in exchange for rankings. 2025 research summary as of April 2025: 48,944 nominations received, based on thresholds – 27,586 invited to complete online survey – 23,303 telephone interviews – 6,004 in-person interviews at Advisor’s location, and 1,545 web-based interviews. Listing in this publication and/or award is not a guarantee of future investment success. This recognition should not be construed as an endorsement of the advisor by any client.