Eric Michael Wendt

Creative Planning, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor and holding firm headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. The firm was founded in 1983 and provides investment advice to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates or charitable organizations, corporations or business entities other than those listed above, foundations, endowments and other institutions.

Heritage Way Advisors LLC (HWA) is a wealth management firm headquartered in Rockford, Illinois. It was founded by Gary Ollmann and Joan Ollmann in 2003. In 2022, the firm was acquired by Creative Planning LLC from Gary F Ollman Revocable Trust. HWA provides investment management services to individuals, high net-worth individuals, trusts and estates, businesses, foundations, and charitable organizations.