Meet Wade

Wade has been helping individuals, families, business owners, and executives protect, preserve, accumulate, and transfer wealth for more than three decades. As President of Chessman Wealth Strategies, Wade provides strategic guidance in comprehensive financial planning, investment management, tax-efficient wealth strategies, estate planning coordination, retirement income planning, and risk management.

Wade specializes in working with clients who face complex financial decisions during key life transitions such as retirement, career change, business succession, and the sale of a closely held business. His approach is planning-driven, disciplined, and highly personal—designed to bring clarity, structure, and confidence to each client’s financial life.

Under Wade’s leadership, Chessman Wealth is committed to helping clients make smart choices with their money so they can worry less, enjoy life more, and become better stewards of the resources God has provided to them.

Wade earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, graduating cum laude from the Sam Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, and later completed his financial planning education through the College for Financial Planning in Denver, Colorado.

Wade is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional, a Certified Kingdom Advisor®, and a member of the Financial Planning Association. He remains actively involved in his church’s financial ministry and is passionate about helping others apply biblical principles of stewardship in practical, lasting ways.

Wade and his wife, Dianna, enjoy spending time with their two grown daughters their son in law and staying connected to the Dallas community.