Your Personalized Financial Advisor.
Zach Gaugert
Financial Advisor
Personalized Financial Planning. Your Goals, Your Dreams, Your Plan.
About Me
Zach began his career with Northwestern Mutual as a Financial Representative in 2023. He earned his degree in Entrepreneurship from Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI in 2016 while being a member of the Golf Team. Prior to Northwestern Mutual, Zach pursued a career playing Professional Golf while living in Scottsdale, AZ for 6 years.
As a Financial Professional, developing strong relationships is the foundation of everything Zach does. He begins the process by showing his clients exactly what to expect from him and his team at each and every turn of the journey to financial freedom. There is nothing more important to him than learning about his client's personal and financial goals and helping them achieve those in the most efficient manner possible.
Zach, his wife Bailey, and their mini golden-doodle (Pack), moved to her hometown of Des Moines, IA in 2023. Outside of work, you can find him playing golf, spending time on the lake waterskiing with friends and family, and cheering on his beloved Green Bay Packers and Marquette Golden Eagles.
Lending a Hand in My Community
As part of Northwestern Mutual, I'm proud to help accelerate the search for better childhood cancer treatments while supporting families undergoing treatment, and survivors from late effects. Aside from Northwestern Mutual's partnerships, Zach serves as a Board Member at the Balance & Believe Foundation. Here are some of the causes we support:
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer (ALSF)
ALSF funds cancer research, raises awareness, and supports the families of children with cancer. Since 2012, Northwestern Mutual, its employees, and financial professionals like me have donated more than $20 million to support ALSF and fund over 400,000 research hours.
Beads of Courage
Beads of Courage is an art-in-medicine program that helps kids with cancer tell their unique treatment story through colorful beads that are symbols of their courage.
Balance & Believe Foundation
The Balance & Believe Foundation is centered around helping kids give back to their local communities through the game of golf. With flagship events like the Longest Day of Golf and the Celebrity Scramble, the Balance & Believe Foundation has given back over $250,000 to the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center and other various causes since it's inception in 2015.
How Northwestern Mutual helps you live the life you want.
When people feel better about their money, good things happen—they become more confident and feel more secure. For more than 160 years, Northwestern Mutual has helped people achieve the financial flexibility they need to live more and worry less.
Being a mutual company means Northwestern Mutual reports to its clients, not Wall Street. They don't believe in chasing fads or taking undue risk for short-term gains. Instead, they take a long-term approach—both in the way we help people plan to reach their goals, and in the way they do business. This has served their clients (and mine) well through all kinds of economic ups and downs, including wars, recessions, even the recent pandemic.
It's why I'm happy to be part of a company that's in it for the long-haul and prioritizes clients over profit.
