AWARDS & ACCOLADES 

InvestmentNews 5-Star Financial Planner (2026)

InvestmentNews Best Places to Work in Wealth Management (2025)

Financial Planning Best Places to Work in Wealth Management (2024 and 2025)

ThinkAdvisor Luminaries Finalist, CEO of the Year (2025)

ThinkAdvisor Luminaries Winner, Industry Innovation/Disruption (2025)

Investopedia Advisor Council (2024 and 2025)

Financial Planning Rising Star (2024)

ThinkAdvisor Luminaries Finalist, Next Gen Advisor (2024)

InvestmentNews 40 Under 40 Advisor (2023)

Investopedia Top 100 Advisor (2022 and 2023)

Business Insider 23 Best Advisors for Millennials: Power Players (2020)

Forbes Next-Gen Best in State Advisor (2019-2020)

Money Under 30 Best Financial Advisors in NYC (2020)

Learn More About Our H.E.N.R.Y. Syndrome® Suite Of Services

If you're a mid-career professional and in your peak earning years, it's possible you're a H.E.N.R.Y., that's High Earner, Not Rich Yet. And if you don't have a financial life plan, our experience tells us that you're going to stay a H.E.N.R.Y.

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InvestmentNews

PUBLISHED 5/12/2026 - "Meet InvestmentNews' 5-Star Wealth Management Teams: Best in Wealth"

InvestmentNews

PUBLISHED 4/23/2026 - "Meet InvestmentNews' 5-Star Financial Planners for 2026: Going beyond portfolios"

Robbie Samuels

Published 4/7/2026 - "Interview with the Author, Gideon Drucker, CFP® - HENRY Strategies"

WealthManagement.com

PUBLISHED 3/13/2026 - "Inside the Winning Advisor-Attorney Model That Ends Client Estate Planning Procrastination"

Investopedia

PUBLISHED 12/8/2025 - "The 18 best places to work in money management"

ThinkAdvisor

PUBLISHED 12/5/2025 - "Meet the 2025 Luminaries Winners"

Investopedia

PUBLISHED 12/4/2025 - "How I'm Talking To My Mid-Career Clients About Redefining Retirement"

InvestmentNews

PUBLISHED 4/29/2025 - InvestmentNews Awards "ADVISOR OF THE YEAR (REGIONAL – NORTHEAST)"

Kitces.com

PUBLISHED 4/28/2025 - Kitces #FASuccess Ep 435: When The Next-Gen Clients’ “Wealth Builder” Offering Becomes The Main Driver Of Growth For A $1B+ Advisory Firm, With Gideon Drucker

Morningstar

PUBLISHED 3/3/2025 - "Drucker Wealth Expands Estate Planning Services with Key Hire of Estate Planning Expert Attorney Carrie M. Leontitsis"

Diamond Consultants

PUBLISHED 2/27/2025 - "Beyond the Broker Dealer: Next Gen Sheds Light on Their Evolution to RIA"

New York magazine

PUBLISHED 2/10/2025 - "The Sneaky Ways Parents Transfer Money to Their Children Low-interest loans, pieds-à-terre, and other strategies that stretch the gift tax limit."

Investopedia

PUBLISHED 1/7/2025 - "No Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plan? Here’s What a Financial Advisor Suggests"Save Changes

ThinkAdvisor

PUBLISHED 12/12/2024 - "Meet the 2024 Luminaries Winners"

Financial Planning

PUBLISHED 11/25/2024 - "The 18 best places to work in money management"

Business Insider

PUBLISHED 11/10/2024 - "Americans' cost-of-living anxiety is creating a population of oversavers"

Fortune

PUBLISHED 10/17/2024 - "These high earners think earning $750,000 doesn’t make them rich. Here’s why"

Business Insider

PUBLISHED 8/9/2024 - "The Stock-Market Whiplash This Week Shows Why You Shouldn't Worry Too Much About Your 401(k)"

Business Insider

PUBLISHED 7/7/2024 - "Some boomers aren't waiting to die to pass on their wealth — their millennial kids need it now"

InvestmentNews

PUBLISHED 5/16/2024 - "Making the leap to independence"

InvestmentNews

PUBLISHED 3/6/2024 - "Father-son duo builds on near-50 year legacy with own RIA."

Financial Advisor magazine

PUBLISHED 3/6/2024 - "Drucker Wealth Forms RIA To Grow Younger Client Base"

Yahoo Money

PUBLISHED 3/5/2024 - "Drucker Wealth, a $750mm advisory team, launches Independent RIA to embrace Next-Generation's Vision."

WealthManagement.com

PUBLISHED 3/5/2024 - "Father-Son Team Departs Longtime IBD to Create $750M RIA"

Citywire RIA

PUBLISHED 3/5/2024 - "$750m duo breaks from broker-dealer, launches RIA."

Business Insider

Published 12/23/2023 - "Money dysmorphia: Why some wealthy people don't feel like they're rich"

The Wall Street Journal

PUBLISHED 12/18/2023 - "What Is a Money Market Account and How to Get the Best Rates?"

MSN

PUBLISHED 12/18/2023 - "Pay-yourself-first budgeting: Definition and how it works"

The Wall Street Journal

PUBLISHED 12/15/2023 - "WHAT IS A 529 COLLEGE SAVINGS PLAN?"

GOBankingRates

PUBLISHED 9/21/2023 - "Experts: Should You Buy a House If You Don’t Want a House?"

Financial Planning 2023 Rising Stars

Published 9/5/2023 - "These 10 innovative planners are FP's Rising Stars for 2023"

Balanced Advisor Podcast with Dr. Travis G. Parry

Published 8/10/2023 - "The Pursuit of Happiness" On The Balance Advisor Podcast with Lance Drucker

Investopedia
Yahoo Money

PUBLISHED 6/8/2023 - "What is the official full retirement age? What to know about what age you can retire"

Yahoo Money

Published 6/8/2023 - "How to plan for an early retirement"

Not Rich Yet podcast cover

Published 5/26/2023 - "Are you a H.E.N.R.Y.?" on The Not Rich Yet Podcast with Autumn Lax

GOBankingRates

PUBLISHED 3/1/2023 - "Inflation 2023: How Parents Can Plan for Preschool and Beyond With Rising Costs"

GOBankingRates

PUBLISHED 2/15/2023 - "How To Avoid Being 'House Poor'"

The Wall Street Journal

PUBLISHED 10/31/2022 - "How to use money market accounts in your portfolio"

Yahoo Money

pUBLISHED 9/30/2022 - "How To Get Out Of Tax Debt Now"

Fortune

PUBLISHED 9/30/2022 - "A beginner’s guide to credit cards"

Yahoo Money

PUBLISHED 8/25/2022 - "Gideon Drucker named to Investopedia 100"

The Stock Dork

PUBLISHED 7/8/2022 - "What Asset Classes are Most Interesting During a Recession?"

The Wall Street Journal

PUBLISHED 6/30/2022 - "What Is a 529 College Savings Plan?"

GOBankingRates

pUBLISHED 6/27/2022 - "5 Ways to Build Wealth From a Young Age"

Social Security: Answers from the Experts podcast with Martha Shedden

pUBLISHED 6/8/2022 - Social Security podcast “Behavior Drives Outcome"

The Balance

PUBLISHED 5/28/2022 - "Why You Should (and Shouldn't) Max Out Your Roth IRA"

Forbes

PUBLISHED 2/16/2022 - "The Power Of Process In Financial Planning"

Business Insider

Published on 1/13/2022 - "A pay-yourself-first budget is a simple way to amp up your savings. Here's how it works"

FOX19 Now

AIRED 11/29/2021 - "Financial Strategies: How to Avoid H.E.N.R.Y. Syndrome"

Forbes

PUBLISHED 9/21/2021 - "What Is Your Money Mindset?"

Business Insider

PUBLISHED 8/17/2021 - "MILLENNIALS EARNING OVER $100,000 ARE SAVING MORE BUT STILL FEEL BROKE"

Yahoo Money

PubLISHED 7/26/2021 - "The six things to remember about personal finance after you graduate and get that first job"

The Independent

PUBLISHED 7/21/2021 - "5 things to do with your finances before you quit your job"

MoneyGeek

PUBLISHED 7/16/2021 - "Finding & Using the Right Student Card"

Business Insider

PUBLISHED 7/15/2021 - "How to turn a raise or bonus into lasting wealth"

MoneyGeek

PUBLISHED 7/15/2021 - "Should I Pay Off My Mortgage or Invest the Money?"

MoneyGeek

PUBLISHED 5/27/2021 - "How to Start Saving and Investing"

Acorns + CNBC

PUBLISHED 4/22/2021 - "Texas was the most moved to state in 2020 after Florida — here’s what it costs to live there"

Forbes

published 12/18/2020 - "What's Your Number?"

Business Insider

PUBLISHED 12/10/2020 - "23 OF THE BEST FINANCIAL ADVISORS"

Business Insider

PUBLISHED 11/25/2020 - "11 Books to read if you want to take control of your finances"

Forbes

Published 09/23/2020 - "BEING WEALTHY IS SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST BEING RICH"

Real Simple

Published 08/06/2020 - "WE TRIED 300 FINANCIAL APPS AND SERVICES FOR THE REAL SIMPLE SMART MONEY AWARDS"

Money Under 30

Published 06/25/2020 - "New York City's 7 Best Financial Advisors - Who Don't Require You To Be A Millionaire"

Business Insider

Published 06/24/2020 - "A FINANCIAL PLANNER SAYS MOST OF HER CLIENTS HAVE THE SAME FEAR RIGHT NOW, EVEN IF THEY HAVE A JOB OR SAVINGS"

Business Insider

Published 06/21/2020 - "HENRYS — MILLENNIALS WHO EARN 6 GIGURES BUT STILL FEEL BROKE — WERE FORCED INTO BETTER MONEY HABITS DURING LOCKDOWN"

PBS

PUBLISHED 06/15/2020 - "How Millennials Can Find Financial Security During A Pandemic: Advice from a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® Professional"

Colorado Parent

Published 05/20/2020 - "FaMILY BuDGET TIPS FOR UNCERTAIN TIMES"

Medium

Published 04/16/2020 - "GIDEON DRUCKER: "HERE ARE 5 THINGS TOO LOOK FOR WHEN HIRING A FINANCIAL PLANNER OR ADVISER"

Old Gold & Black

Published 04/13/2020 - "WHY THE REAL REEL PODCAST IS GREAT LISTEN FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS"

Best Company

Published 03/23/2020 - "MILLENNIALS AND CREDIT CARD DEBT [9 MYTHS THAT HOLD YOU BACK]"

Millennial Money

PUBLISHED 02/25/2020 - "How to Avoid the High Earner, Not Yet Rich Syndrome with Gideon Drucker"

The Real Reel with Natalie Barbu

PUBLISHED 02/17/2020 - "Sitting Down with a Financial Advisor-EVERYTHING You Need To Know To Start Investing & More!"

Parade

PUBLISHED 02/5/2020 - "WHAT IS REALLY LIKE TO JOIN THE FIRE MOVEMENT - AND IS THE 'FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE RETIRE EARLY' MENTALLY RIGHT FOR YOU?"

Entrepreneur Fund

PUBLISHED 01/28/2020 - "A financial planner says 3 steps can keep high-earning millennials from blowing their money"

Business Insider

PUBLISHED 01/28/2020 - "Inside the 3-step bucket saving plan to get rich as a high-earning millennial"

The Financial Quarterback with Josh Jalinski

PUBLISHED 01/25/2020 - "Josh Jalinski Talks to Gideon Drucker, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® & Author of the Book, How to Avoid HENRY Syndrome"

Entrepreneur Fund

PUBLISHED 01/25/2020 - "BUILDING WEALTH: How to tell if you’re a ‘Henry,’ based on your salary, savings, and lifestyle"

Business Insider

PUBLISHED 01/12/2020 - "Identifying HENRY syndrome : six figure paychecks but feeling broke"

Business Insider

PUBLISHED 01/09/2020 - "‘High earner, not rich yet’: How to tell if you’re a ‘Henry,’ based on your salary, savings, and lifestyle"

Business Insider

PUBLISHED 12/31/2019 - "8 ways to recession-proof your finances, according to experts"

Savvy Ladies

PUBLISHED 09/30/2015 - "Planning & Investing for Women: How to Avoid Bag Lady Syndrome"

myWorth

PUBLISHED 03/26/2015 - "How This Financial Expert is Addressing One of the Biggest Financial Worries Amongst Women"

Forbes

PUBLISHED 03/06/2015 - "What Women Must Do to Ditch Bag Lady Syndrome"

brokeGIRLrich

PUBLISHED 01/12/15 - "Do You Fear Bag Lady Syndrome?"

ValueWalk

PUBLISHED 12/30/14 - "7 Steps for Addressing 'Bag Lady Syndrome' - A Fear of Losing Financial Independence"

USA Today

PUBLISHED 12/07/14 - "Retirement: How to Beat 'Bag Lady Syndrome'"

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