7 surprising careers that led top advisers to their current calling
A decade before Cathy Curtis started her own eponymous advisory firm she was focused on the marketing and sales of food, including the pasta sauces, jellies and other packaged foods made under Wal-Mart's private label. But after 20 years, she turned her passion for personal finance into a career as a financial adviser.
“The communications and marketing skills I learned in my past career have helped me to build my financial advisory practice. I learned that it's not enough to have a good product or service, you need to get it in front of your target client.”