Adam Broughton CFP®, CPWA®

Partner and Senior Wealth Advisor

Based in Austin, Adam helps executives, founders, high-earning professionals, and multigenerational families navigate equity compensation, liquidity events, complex taxes, retirement, and legacy planning

Ways to Connect

In-person visits
Video Meetings
Phone Meetings

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Who Adam Typically Helps

Senior executives and business leaders, founders preparing for liquidity events, high-earning professionals with growing financial complexity, families with multiple income sources, families coordinating complex tax, investment, and estate decisions, multigenerational families with charitable or legacy goals.

Serving Clients in

Austin • West Lake Hills • Lakeway • Dallas • Newport Beach • San Diego • Communities throughout Texas and California

Available nationwide through virtual meetings

Questions Adam Helps Answer

How should I plan around restricted stock, ISOs, and nonqualified stock options?
How can I coordinate retirement, cash flow, and taxes?
How should a founder prepare for the tax and liquidity issues involved with private equity or a public offering?
Could a 1031 exchange fit into my tax and investment strategy?
How can I coordinate charitable, legacy, and multigenerational planning?

Adam Broughton is a Partner and Senior Wealth Advisor at Mission Wealth, serving high-performing families and individuals primarily in Central Texas and California. He provides tax-intelligent financial and investment advice to help his clients avoid mistakes and confidently navigate the journey from high earner to High-Net-Worth and beyond. His typical client involves a high degree of financial complexity, which may include equity grants from an employer, deferred compensation planning, multiple sources of income, unique family entity or trust structures, IPO, and founder liquidity planning, as well as philanthropic, legacy, and multi-generational estate planning.

Adam joined Mission Wealth in January 2026 when PBL Wealth Management, the independent fiduciary firm he founded, became part of Mission Wealth. The integration preserved PBL’s disciplined, tax-aware planning approach while expanding access to Mission Wealth’s broader team and resources.

Simply having more money does not necessarily mean having confidence when it comes to planning for the future, choosing investments or navigating important financial decisions. In fact, sometimes having an abundance of resources just means there are more stressful decisions to be made and making the wrong one becomes more expensive. Generational wealth is built and maintained as a family links together a series of small, wise decisions over a lifetime. What’s needed is trustworthy, timely advice from a professional wealth adviser and a plan that’s crafted around your unique situation and goals.

—Adam Broughton, Partner and Senior Wealth Advisor

Adam’s Frequently Asked Questions

What should I expect when I begin working with Adam as my financial advisor?

Adam begins by listening carefully to understand each family’s values, definition of success, and most important goals. His process then progresses through three coordinated phases: the Family Profile, the Investment Plan, and the Advanced Plan. Together, these phases connect personal priorities with cash flow, investments, taxes, and long-term planning. Adam also coordinates with the client’s Mission Wealth specialists and outside professionals to help move the plan forward and maintain progress toward the family’s most important objectives.

Will I work directly with Adam, and who else may support my financial plan?

Adam will serve as your primary advisor, supported by a coordinated team that may include an associate advisor and other experienced advisors. Mission Wealth specialists in investments, tax planning, estate planning, and other areas may also contribute based on your needs.

Mission Wealth is a fiduciary. What does that mean?

As a fiduciary, Mission Wealth is required to act in your best interest and not place our interests ahead of yours when providing investment advisory services. Our recommendations are guided by your goals, circumstances, and overall financial needs.

How often will we meet and review my financial plan?

Meeting frequency is tailored to your planning needs and the scope of your relationship with Mission Wealth. You and Adam will establish a review schedule, with additional conversations as important decisions, opportunities, or life changes arise.

Can I work with Adam if I live outside Austin or my situation is not listed above?

Yes. Adam meets with clients locally in person and works with clients across the United States by video and phone. The audiences and questions highlighted above reflect areas of experience, not requirements for working together.

Professional Background

Adam started in practice in November 2007, just as the Financial Crisis was taking hold. This unique starting point shaped his perspective on planning, investing, and the absolute necessity of unbiased, fiduciary advice. Markets don’t always go up, and events outside our control can have a major impact on even the best strategic plans. Adam helps clients think through not only “Plan A” but also design various fallback strategies while responding to changing conditions. His goal is to empower clients with timely advice and sound planning so they can live with peace, even if things do not go as expected.

Adam is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Professional and CERTIFIED PRIVATE WEALTH ADVISER™ Professional. He is the author of multiple books, including The Founder’s Guide to Business Succession, Maximizing Your Compensation: An Executive’s Guide to Accelerating Wealth, and a contributing author to So You Want To Be A Financial Planner? (7th edition). He is also regularly featured in articles on leading industry sites, including Forbes.com, MyStockOptions.com, Horsesmouth.com.

Personal Pursuits

Adam believes in being a lifelong learner and is an avid reader. His favorite topics include World War I & II, the Civil War & US history, and Western novels (Lonesome Dove & the Killer Angels being his all-time favorites). He is also a guitarist, a mediocre golfer, and a Dodgers fan. Adam and his wife, Amy, live in Driftwood, TX, with their three children and two very spoiled dogs.