About Michelle
Michelle Ogden, Founder and CEO of Ogden Wealth, is passionate about helping people think differently about their money. She loves to empower her clients to make wise choices so they can take care of their families, live life to the fullest, and leave a lasting legacy for future generations.
Because Michelle believes that the quality of our lives is directly related to the quality of our relationships, she strives to build and maintain long-term, high-value relationships with her clients by always operating in their best interest, helping them delegate what doesn’t bring them joy, and simplifying an otherwise complicated financial picture.
Michelle began her career in financial services at 18 when she went to work as a bank teller out of high school. While in college, she interned at a major brokerage firm where she vowed to never be an advisor.
After earning her degree in business, she joined Charles Schwab as a stockbroker, proving you should never say “never”. She truly enjoyed her time at Schwab, but after five years, she had an opportunity to dive into the world of commercial real estate and took it. While there, she helped families with their finances in the evenings, and her husband urged her to return to her passion. She became an independent adviser with Voya Financial and ultimately launched her own firm 18 months later in 2007.
While this professional journey has given her the experience and skills necessary to manage substantial wealth, what’s more important to Michelle and more valuable to her clients is her deep commitment to a concept she refers to as Return on Life. Michelle believes that wealth without wisdom leads to destruction, and a life without meaning and purpose is pointless. She leverages her own life experience, combined with her deep devotion to faith and family, to help her clients do the same. She guides them in prioritizing their hopes and dreams, and aligning their resources with what matters most, which removes the stress and anxiety often associated with financial matters.
Michelle candidly shares how she has worked to overcome her personal dysfunctional relationship with money, abandon her scarcity mindset, and embrace the abundance and freedom that comes when we understand our true purpose and use the gifts God has planted within us. This allows her to fulfill her mission of helping people discover true wealth, which can’t be bought but only sought through a determination to make your life count.
Michelle and her husband, John, are blessed with a daughter and a son who are now young adults, plus a “furchild” who serves as the company’s chief comfort officer. When she’s not serving clients, you can find Michelle hiking in an enchanted forest or on the water. She loves spending time with family, friends, and her heavenly Father.
