Mark Casady joined FMG as Executive Chairman in 2025 and works closely with the management team to help drive strategy and growth initiatives. He brings four decades of perspective on what actually drives organic growth in wealth management, from marketing infrastructure to advisor technology adoption, and is focused on applying that experience to FMG’s expanding AI capabilities for advisors.
Mark has a passion for helping financial professionals grow their businesses and is an active supporter of financial services industry initiatives. He is the co-founder and general partner of Vestigo Ventures, LLC, which focuses on financing start-ups in the FinTech sector that use Artificial Intelligence. He is also a former member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Board of Governors and a former board member of several financial services organizations.
Before joining Vestigo Ventures, Mark retired as LPL Financial CEO in early January 2017 and as non-executive chairman of the board in early March 2017. During his tenure, he guided LPL to become a leading financial services organization and grew LPL revenues from $1.4 billion to over $4.0 billion.
Additionally, Mark is treasurer of the Casady family’s One Step Forward Education Foundation, which focuses on changing the lives of children around the globe through education. He also helped found and fund the Invest in Others Charitable Foundation.
