The Matchmaker

Financial Planning, July, 2008 by Jim Grote

A CFP certificant since 1978,Alan Goldfarb has been named a top financial advisor by Worth magazine five consecutive times. When asked about his entrÃ(c)e into the financial field, Goldfarb responds in blunt Texas-speak, "I got into this business because I was fired from another business." Currently one of 12 national board members of the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Goldfarb has earned the right to be blunt.

As the director of financial strategies for Weaver and Tidwell Financial Advisors in Dallas, he has surfed the waves of tough economic cycles while adding careers as engineer, management consultant, university instructor and financial advisor to his resume.

Last hired, first fired as a newbie engineering consultant during an economic...