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Ark Family Wealth offers comprehensive solutions through a spectrum of financial services. From managing your wealth through investment strategies, planning for your family’s future, and preparing for retirement, Ark Family Wealth can safeguard the path to your financial future.
Establishing a sound relationship with you and your family comes first. You talk and we listen, and once we understand your motivations, we develop a clear picture of your current financial situation, future goals, and risk tolerance.
Friends and colleagues for nearly a decade, Mike Mailey and Jared Larson formed Ark Family Wealth in 2020, with a mission to serve individuals and families through comprehensive financial planning.
Mike and Jared met in 2012, working for an alternative investment firm that partnered with the Blackstone Group, one of the world’s largest asset managers in private equity, private credit, real estate, and hedge funds. As Regional Directors, Mike and Jared had the opportunity to meet thousands of financial advisors throughout the country. This gave them an authentic perspective into client challenges, and mindset, the business of financial planning and portfolio management, and the tools and resources advisors were using to help clients. With a shared vision to provide exceptional client experiences and better financial outcomes, Mike and Jared began their own wealth management and financial planning practice.
As plans for the firm were coming to fruition, Jared suffered a fatal injury and passed away. Mike is proud to continue the mission of Ark Family Wealth to honor and represent the memory of Jared. Ark Family Wealth serves all clients’ financial planning needs with a special focus on family and generational planning needs.
Our Name
Ark Family Wealth pays homage to Jared’s son, Noah, and Mike’s daughter, Parker. We hope our clients think of us as offering refuge from financial uncertainty and providing guidance toward a confident investment and financial plan.
We offer professional wealth management. Whether you’re fresh out of college, well on your way to living your dream, or eagerly approaching retirement, make sure you’re financially prepared to achieve a lifetime of goals. We can help you pursue them with a personalized financial plan.
With nearly 15 years of industry experience, Michael began Ark Family Wealth in 2020 with business partner and friend Jared Larson. Prior to Ark, Mike spent several years focused on retirement planning and structured index strategies with Allianz, one of the world’s largest asset managers. He honed his investment expertise for seven years with Philadelphia-based FS Investments, an industry-leading alternative asset manager that was partnered with the Blackstone Group. Mike began his financial services career with specialty ETF firm, Pacer Financial, learning the essentials of portfolio construction and asset allocation.
Hailing from the Philadelphia area, Mike is a graduate of the University of Delaware Alfred Learner School of Business with a BA in Economics. He holds his Series 7, Series 63, Series 65 through LPL Financial as well as Life, Health, and Variable Annuities Agent License in the state of Florida. Mike earned his Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) designation from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He resides in South Florida with his fiancé, Lindsay, and daughter, Parker.