Niche Masters

Financial Planning, September, 2006 by Marie Swift

Wilson Hoyle, AIF, managing partner for Captrust Financial Advisors in Raleigh, N.C., never intended to become a niche master. As a football player at Wake Forest University, he and his roommate, Ricky Proehl, had big dreams about becoming sports stars. After setting numerous records at Wake Forest, Proehl was selected in the 1990 NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals.

He has enjoyed a long and successful career in the NFL, most recently with the Carolina Panthers. While Hoyle set scoring records at Wake Forest, his football fortunes were not so great. He tried out for several pro teams, including the Detroit Lions and San Francisco 49ers, and played a season in the World League. But the talented place kicker never made it to the NFL. Instead, armed with an economics degree, he...

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