After earning his BBA in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin, John Friesen spent his first three working years as a real estate consultant. John then returned to the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas to pursue his Masters in Business Administration with a concentration in Investment Management. While in graduate school, John interned at Dimensional Fund Advisors, a leading investment management firm with over $400 billion in assets. He also completed the educational requirements to sit for the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER (CFP) examination and passed the examination in March of 2011. In August of 2014, he earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. In May of 2015, John completed a Master's in Family Studies from the Institute of Personal Financial Planning at Kansas State University. "It's not how much money you make, but how much money you keep, how hard it works for you, and how many generations you keep it for." - Robert Kiyosaki 