Core Offerings
Your Family Office Business ManagementSelect Client Specializations
Business Owners Executives Professionals Entertainers & Athletes Institutions – OCIO SolutionsYour Family Office
Business Management
Business Owners
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Business Transition Planning
From deal structure to transaction value to post-sale lifestyle and family legacy, we have the advice and resources you need.
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Business Management
Business owners know what it takes to run their business, and they choose The Colony Group as their financial engine.
Executives
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Maximizing the Rewards
Our team brings years of experience in helping you achieve financial independence. We have answers across equity compensation, investment strategies, risk management, estate and tax planning, legacy planning, and lifestyle enrichment.
Professionals
Entertainers & Athletes
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Entertainers
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Business Management
Our Business Management team specializes in business management, tour accounting and budgeting, royalties and publishing, and tax planning for some of the biggest names in entertainment. Beyond financial concerns, we are your advocate and find solutions for even the most obscure moments that arise in your life.
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Business Management
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Athletes
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Career Phase Strategies & Business Management
Coming into sudden wealth can be overwhelming. Our advisors work with athletes and their families, helping to define your values and building sound financial plans to achieve your goals. From rookies to veteran players and life after the whistle, we manage the details for you along your journey.
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Career Phase Strategies & Business Management
Institutions – OCIO Solutions
Core Offerings
Your Family Office Business ManagementSelect Client Specializations
Business Owners Executives Professionals Entertainers & Athletes Institutions – OCIO SolutionsYour Family Office
Business Management
Business Owners
-
Business Transition Planning
From deal structure to transaction value to post-sale lifestyle and family legacy, we have the advice and resources you need.
-
Business Management
Business owners know what it takes to run their business, and they choose The Colony Group as their financial engine.
Executives
-
Maximizing the Rewards
Our team brings years of experience in helping you achieve financial independence. We have answers across equity compensation, investment strategies, risk management, estate and tax planning, legacy planning, and lifestyle enrichment.
Professionals
Entertainers & Athletes
-
Entertainers
-
Business Management
Our Business Management team specializes in business management, tour accounting and budgeting, royalties and publishing, and tax planning for some of the biggest names in entertainment. Beyond financial concerns, we are your advocate and find solutions for even the most obscure moments that arise in your life.
-
Business Management
-
Athletes
-
Career Phase Strategies & Business Management
Coming into sudden wealth can be overwhelming. Our advisors work with athletes and their families, helping to define your values and building sound financial plans to achieve your goals. From rookies to veteran players and life after the whistle, we manage the details for you along your journey.
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Career Phase Strategies & Business Management
Institutions – OCIO Solutions
Answan Johnson, MBA, CFP®
Wealth Advisor
Focus Areas
Tax Planning
Investment Strategies
Multi-Generational Planning
Estate Planning
Client Specialty
Business Owners
Attorneys
Professionals
Retirees
Community
PTA member; Gaithersburg HELP, Community Volunteer
Answan’s positive and encouraging attitude is evident in all aspects of his life whether serving clients, supporting other advisors, or giving back to his community. He works directly with clients attending to their day-to-day financial needs, and works tirelessly behind the scenes to help them reach their goals. A consummate team player, Answan applies his broad planning, operations, and data management experience to support advisors delivering comprehensive solutions to help our clients meet their complex financial needs.
Answan served as a Client Service Manager with Bridgewater Wealth & Financial Management prior to merging with The Colony Group in early 2018. Previously, he was a Senior Lead Analyst with a Washington area financial services firm that provided sophisticated investment analysis and portfolio development for approximately 100 of the nation’s leading wealth management firms. He is a founding member of our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council and considers his greatest professional achievement to have led a young team of analysts and fostered their professional growth.
Answan earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Kennesaw State University, Georgia and his MBA from Louisiana State University, Shreveport. He is a native of Montgomery County, Maryland and volunteers for Junior Achievement of Greater Washington’s “Economics for Success,” a hands-on program that teaches financial responsibility to area middle-school children. Outside of work and volunteering, he is married and the very proud father of three adorable little girls.
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