Wealth · Tax · Estate

Quiet counsel for generations of capital.

Shugart Advisory is an independent advisory firm serving families, executives and private foundations with disciplined investment stewardship, tax architecture and the careful transfer of wealth across lifetimes.

$4.6B
Assets under advisement
46 yrs
Of uninterrupted stewardship
300+
Families served nationwide
What we do

Three disciplines, one standard of care.

01

Wealth Management

Custom portfolios constructed around real objectives — not benchmarks. We balance preservation, income and growth across full market cycles with a tax-aware lens on every position.

02

Tax Strategy

Integrated planning that coordinates investment, business and charitable intent to reduce lifetime tax drag and keep more capital compounding within the family.

03

Estate & Legacy

Structures that move wealth cleanly to the next generation — trusts, gifting, and governance that honor intent while respecting the individuals involved.

Our philosophy
We measure success not by what a portfolio earns in a year, but by what a family keeps over a lifetime.

Stewardship before sales.

We are fiduciaries in the oldest sense — advisors whose first obligation is to your interest, never to a product shelf. Compensation is transparent, conflicts are disclosed, and our counsel is written to be understood. The result is a relationship measured in decades, not quarters.

How we work

A deliberate, repeatable process.

Listen

Understand the whole picture

We begin with your balance sheet, your family, your obligations and your aspirations — before any recommendation is made.

Design

Architect the plan

A written strategy that ties investment, tax and estate decisions into one coherent, long-horizon structure.

Steward

Manage and review

Continuous monitoring, quarterly reporting and annual reviews — adapting deliberately as life and markets change.