OVERLAND PARK, Kan., July 21, 2026 – Creative Planning, LLC (“Creative Planning”), one of the nation’s largest registered investment advisors (RIAs), proudly announces that four of its wealth managers have been recognized on the 2026 Barron’s Top 100 Women Financial Advisors list.
The Creative Planning advisors recognized this year are:
- Jessica Culpepper
- Carolyn Frager
- Molly Rothove
- Brenna Saunders
“These advisors exemplify the expertise, dedication and client-first approach that define Creative Planning,” said Peter Mallouk, President and CEO of Creative Planning. “Being recognized among the nation’s top women financial advisors is a well-deserved honor that reflects the meaningful impact they make in the lives of their clients every day. We congratulate them on this outstanding achievement.”
Barron’s 2026 Top 100 Women Financial Advisors is awarded each July, based on data from a 12-month period through March 31. Barron’s published its first advisor ranking in 2004 to “shine a spotlight on the nation’s best wealth managers and raise the bar for industry standards.” The rankings serve two distinct types of Barron’s readers. For wealth management professionals, they serve as an industry scorecard. For investors, the rankings are a tool that can help in the process of finding financial guidance. Barron’s uses a formula to ascertain the final rankings that’s composed of three categories: assets, revenue and quality of practice.
About Creative Planning
Creative Planning, LLC is an independent wealth management firm that provides a financial planning-led investment management approach, retirement planning, estate planning, trust services, tax advice and family office services for individuals as well as business services and institutional money management. Creative Planning and its affiliates have more than $710 billion in assets under management or advisement as of December 31, 2025. SageView Advisory Group, United Capital Financial Advisors and Baseline Wealth Management Ltd. are affiliates of Creative Planning.
Third-party rankings should not be construed as a guarantee that a certain level of results will be experienced if Creative Planning is engaged, or constitutes to be engaged, to provide investment advisory services. Creative Planning never pays a fee to be considered for any ranking or recognition but may purchase plaques or reprints to publicize rankings. Additional important disclosure information about our industry recognition may be found at https://creativeplanning.com/important-disclosure-information/.
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