WEALTH THAT LASTS - Empowering generations with purposeful planning
Dean Forthun
Financial Advisor
A premier planning firm specializing in wealth accumulation, distribution, tax efficiencies, and risk management.
Welcome to my world!
I grew up in Southern California and played sports my entire life from baseball to soccer to football and, yes, even roller hockey! I moved out to New York to attend Columbia University where I obtained my undergraduate and masters degrees.
In 2010, I got the opportunity to play professional baseball for the New Jersey Jackals, but it was short lived after a career ending injury. Fortunately, it opened up the door to a very exciting career in sports & entertainment where I spent the next 12 years working with the PGA Tour, MLB, NBA, College Football, and NASCAR and incredible brands like Pepsi and Taco Bell to grow their core businesses. In 2022, I decided to leave that career behind so I could serve people in a deeper, more passionate way bringing them value through financial responsibility and freedom.
Today, I am blessed to be married to my incredibly supportive wife, Ellie, with 2 (going on 3) beautiful little souls, Lorenzo, Josephine and baby-to-be. I am fortunate to serve others in an valuable way helping clients grow their financial literacy and lives. I am inspired by the many families, like-minded business owners, entrepreneurs, and faith-driven people I meet and I look forward to serving you.
Community Focus
As part of Northwestern Mutual, I'm proud to help accelerate the search for better childhood cancer treatments while supporting families undergoing treatment, and survivors from late effects. Here are some of the organizations we partner with:
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer (ALSF)
ALSF funds cancer research, raises awareness, and supports the families of children with cancer. Since 2012, Northwestern Mutual, its employees, and financial professionals like me have donated more than $20 million to support ALSF and fund over 400,000 research hours.
Beads of Courage
Beads of Courage is an art-in-medicine program that helps kids with cancer tell their unique treatment story through colorful beads that are symbols of their courage.
How Northwestern Mutual helps you live the life you want.
When people feel better about their money, good things happen—they become more confident and feel more secure. For more than 160 years, Northwestern Mutual has helped people achieve the financial flexibility they need to live more and worry less.
Being a mutual company means Northwestern Mutual reports to its clients, not Wall Street. They don't believe in chasing fads or taking undue risk for short-term gains. Instead, they take a long-term approach—both in the way we help people plan to reach their goals, and in the way they do business. This has served their clients (and mine) well through all kinds of economic ups and downs, including wars, recessions, even the recent pandemic.
It's why I'm happy to be part of a company that's in it for the long-haul and prioritizes clients over profit.
