our legacy: THE GARRETT FAMILY
The Garrett Family
tions of numerous families manage
their finances. Still, he never seems to
grow tired of his work.
“Because you’re making a differ-
ence in their lives,” Garrett said. “It’s
more than just the numbers and it’s
more than the return. You’re touch-
ing someone’s life. I want them to
say, ‘I’m glad I saw that guy,’ or, ‘He
really did something good for me,’ or
even just, ‘He truly cares about me.’
I think that that’s a really, really big
deal.”
The Garretts are a great business
success story.
“My family is my biggest success
story,” Wayne said. “My son Brandon
and me working together, that’s a
great experience.”
Together they make a dynamic
father-son team and, probably, a few
years from now, they will become a
dynamic father-son-grandson team.
Garrett Causes and Charities:
Giving of his time and money to
better the community has always
been part of who Wayne Garrett is
and his son has followed in his foot-
steps. Both Wayne and Brandon are
active in the Weatherford Noon Lions
Club and Weatherford ISD Education
Foundation and both are active
in their church, Northside Baptist,
where Wayne serves as a deacon.
hope to expand their farms in the
not-too-distant future.
During the younger Garrett’s
freshman year of high school, Wayne
began bringing home financial maga-
zines and business journals for his
son to enjoy.
“I was reading about Texas Tech’s
financial planning program, how it
was the first in the nation,” Brandon
Garrett said. “It was my sophomore
year when I knew I wanted to go to
Tech and major in financial plan-
ning.”
Garrett pursued his dream,
was accepted into the Texas Tech
program, earned his degree, joined
his family’s already successful firm,
and has been instrumental in making
Snow Garrett Wealth Management
even more successful than it was
before.
Garrett also now serves on the
Texas Tech Personal Financial
Planning Alumni Advisory Board.
Wayne still does his CPA work,
but not as much these days.
“Dad probably spends about 90
percent of his time doing what I’m
doing, but he doesn’t spend much
time doing CPA work these days…
He transitioned in the last decade or
so, and he doesn’t do much account-
ing work.”
He has helped several genera-
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tion as a hard-working 4-H kid. As
a teen he decided with a certainty
that he wanted to pursue a career in
wealth management.
“It becomes part of you early on,”
he said. “One of the biggest things is
having an understanding about the
lingo and just the business and indus-
try overall at a young age and know-
ing the ropes before you step in…
One of the coolest things for me is
that my dad and I are involved in the
cattle business. We’ve raised cattle
here since the 1800s. That’s another
great thing about growing up in a
small town and having a family busi-
ness, staying true to your roots.”
Brandon’s father, Wayne Garrett,
grew up in Parker County and has
called it home ever since.
Wayne graduated from
Weatherford High School in 1972,
earned his associates degree from
Weatherford College in 1974, and
went on to graduate from Texas
Wesleyan University. Wife Sharon
graduated from WHS in 1972 and
was a stay-at-home mom who
engaged in charitable and volunteer
work while the couple raised daugh-
ter, Heather, and son, Brandon.
Wayne co-founded the finan-
cial firm of Snow Garrett Wealth
Management in 1978, and is
currently CEO and a wealth advisor
for the company. The elder Garrett
has been helping Parker County resi-
dents manage, expand and keep their
money for 40 years, all the while
giving his time and money to better-
ing the community.
“Growing up on a farm, even with
a desk job, Dad never gave up that
blue collar attitude,” Brandon said.
He shares that attitude and work
ethic. He gave PCT this interview
at 6:30 in the morning as he rushed
around his property feeding his live-
stock. The Garrett ancestors would be
proud. “I hope to pass that down to
my kids… They definitely have that
entrepreneurial spirit.”
Both Wayne and Brandon own
and operate family farm properties in
Parker County, running Black Angus
and Japanese Wagyu cattle. Both
enjoy working with the land and
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