Bryce Meares, BFA

What do you enjoy most about wealth management?
Unfortunately, in our current society, individuals often prioritize their personal gain over the welfare of others. If someone’s entrusting their life savings and financial future to your care, your heart needs to be in the right place. This career gives you the chance to serve people selflessly and do the right thing.

What do you love most about being part of Hightower Austin?
There isn’t a prospect or client that’s too big. I say that in a humble way – I’m just blessed to work with a team who is really good at what they do.

What qualities of yours make you well-suited for your career?
I recognize that discussing money is often linked with vulnerability since people's financial situations are deeply tied to their emotions. Being a financial advisor is more than dealing with numbers, it’s about active listening and communicating in a way that makes people feel comfortable, understood, and respected.

What hobbies or interests do you have outside of work?
I love playing with my boys. It gives me a chance to relive all the fun experiences I had as a child. I like collecting wine, playing golf, spending time in Montana, traveling to places off the beaten path, fly fishing, hunting, military movies, cooking, spending time with my wife, and Jesus.

If you had to choose another career what would you do?
At this stage in my life, real estate development. But my dream job is to own a fly shop in Montana and take clients around the world to fish.

What’s one experience you wish you could do all over again?
In 2010, I took a trip to Southeast Asia with my best friend. We traveled together in Thailand for two weeks before he had to get home to his job. I stayed another two weeks and traveled alone to Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.

If you could live anywhere besides Austin, where would you live and why?
New Zealand – everywhere you look is a postcard picture. Not to mention great trout fishing, skiing, and vineyards. Realistically though, Montana. We have a home there and it’s always hard to leave.

Education and Accreditations:

• B.A. in Business Communications, Texas Tech University
• Behavioral Financial Advisor, BFA
• Series 7 – General Securities Representative License
• Series 66 – Uniform Combined State Law License

Full Bio:

Bryce Meares has provided investment and wealth advisory services to high-net-worth families and business owners since 2003. Bryce began his career at AXA Equitable working with his father, a financial professional for 42 years. In 2010, he was recruited by Hightower Austin.

Bryce received a degree in Business Communications from Texas Tech University in 2001. One of his biggest strengths is in communicating and relating to people. He develops mutually beneficial long-term relationships by understanding the client, listening attentively, and serving them selflessly. Bryce is effectively supported by a team that specializes in strategies surrounding asset protection, estate planning, wealth transfer, gifting, and asset management.

Bryce and his wife Shelley have two boys, Maddax, and Lincoln. Bryce enjoys world travel, golf, cooking, collecting wine, Jesus, fly fishing, spending time in Montana, and reliving his childhood through spending time with his boys.