Les A. Szarka, CFP®, ChFC

Chief Executive Officer

Phone: 440-779-1430
Fax: 440-779-0746
E-mail:

Phone: 440-779-1430
Fax: 440-779-0746
Email: l.szarka@szarkafinancial.com
“Financial planning is a disciplined process. We develop and manage plans that help clients increase the likelihood of achieving their financial goals, leaving them more time to enjoy their lives.”

Les is Chief Executive Officer, founder and co-owner of Szarka Financial. He has been a financial advisor and retirement planning specialist for over 25 years. Les builds deep relationships with his clients and has a profound commitment to help them reach their financial goals and objectives.

Szarka Financial has become one of northeast Ohio’s premier, full-service financial services firms by developing a process driven, team approach to retirement, estate and Medicaid planning. They are as a recognized leader in the field of objective financial education, offering northeast Ohio businesses on-site financial workshops for their employees.

Mr. Szarka’s extensive investment experience, coupled with decades of teaching financial concepts, has helped forge a presentation style that can help make even the most complex investment strategies easy to understand. As a result of Les’ unique, lifestyle-oriented outlook on investing, he is a frequent guest speaker along with being a former instructor for John Carroll University’s preparatory classes for Certified Financial Plannertm (CFP®) exam.

Holding dual bachelor’s degrees in finance and marketing from Cleveland State University, Mr. Szarka is also a CFP®, a Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) and a Registered Securities Principal through FSC Securities Corporation. He is also a member of the Financial Planners Association (FPA).

Les appeared for several years as a financial correspondent on the television show “Golden Opportunities”, aired Sunday mornings on NBC Channel 3 WKYC. He is also frequently cited in various publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Crain's Cleveland Business, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Inside Business, Sun Herald and Westlife.


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