Who Is David W. Latko?

Who Is David W. Latko?

Born into modest circumstances and raised in hard-working Hammond, Ind., David W. Latko entered Indiana University at age 16, graduated at age 20 with a B.S. in Education, and went on to earn dual Master's Degrees in Public Administration and Judicial Administration.

Initially, David pursued a career in the legal system, working for half-a-decade in the courts before following his interest in investments into the financial world. His success there took him to increasingly more prestigious positions in several of the world's premier "brand-name" financial firms.

Encouraged by this success, but chafing at those firms' ever-present emphasis on "sales-before-service," in 1980 David set out on his own to create a financial-services company that mirrored his own philosophy: an emphasis not on the company's own bottom-line, but based on the best interests of each individual's unique needs and circumstances.

This new company would not depend on steering customers into "product-of-the-month" purchases, nor would it pressure customers into frequent "buy-and-sell" cycles to boost per-transaction commissions. Just as important, this new company would be responsive to its clients-- communicating with them clearly and frequently, caring about their lives and happiness... even when it wasn't trying to sell them on some "new" approach or speculation.

This new company became Latko Wealth Management, which today oversees and provides brokerage services for client in excess of $100 million dollars. And it does so with the same philosophic approach with which it entered existence more than a quarter-century ago.

Today, David remains the same man who once worked and studied from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 a.m.-- a hard-working schedule that many of his clients have shared in reaching their own success. He enjoys the rewards of a close-knit family, a comfortable life and his own passions: writing his books and savoring fine automobiles (he's owned more than 300 in his lifetime, many of them rare or collectables).

But his real reward is measured in the dignity and serenity his clients experience as a result of the advice, management and planning he provides to them. Throughout life's transitions, clients of Latko Wealth Management feel secure knowing their financial freedom is in the expert and experienced hands of David W. Latko.