Markell Bryant, CFP®, CPWA®, CEPA®
Founder of Obedient Wealth Planning, and a planner who starts with your family before your accounts.
The Long Way Around to Financial Literacy
Markell Bryant grew up learning about money the slow way. His earliest memory of it is a jar in his childhood home where the family collected nickels, dimes, and pennies, saved up for a trip to the bank and a lollipop. It would be years before that habit turned into real financial literacy, and the gap between the two shapes how he works with clients today.
Markell holds an MBA in Finance and a BBA in Risk Management and Insurance, both from Georgia State University, where he is a first-generation college graduate. His path included roughly six and a half years as an insurance underwriter, several years in banking, and a decade as a financial advisor before he founded Obedient Wealth Planning. That background gave him a view of personal finance from several angles before he ever built a practice around it.
The name Obedient Wealth Planning reflects the philosophy behind the work. Many people build a financial plan and never really follow it. Markell’s approach is designed to help clients stay disciplined and intentional with the plan they’ve committed to, rather than reactive to whatever the market, or the moment, is doing.
Why Markell Does This Work
Markell describes himself as a person of strong faith, and the firm’s name grew out of that. After holding onto the idea for his own practice for more than a year, he says a name came to him within about a week of asking for direction, and it stuck. It’s a personal part of his story, not a requirement for working with him.
What he hopes every client walks away with is simpler than a strategy: a plan they understand, believe in, and are willing to follow.
“I want to know you before I know your numbers.”
Family, Credentials, and Community
Markell lives in the Metro Atlanta area with his wife, Bethany, and their three children, Emanuel, Caleb, and Nia. He describes himself as a small-town kid with big-time dreams, a combination that carries into how he works with clients.
- CFP®, CPWA®, CEPA®
- MBA in Finance and BBA in Risk Management and Insurance
- Community
Credentialed across financial planning, private wealth, and exit strategy.
Georgia State University. First-generation college graduate and a lifetime member of the GSU Alumni Association.
Immediate Past President of the Gwinnett Alumni Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., a member of Leadership Gwinnett’s Class of 2022, and a board member of the RKL Education Foundation.
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The seven areas Markell helps clients plan for, always plan before product.
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High earners and growing professionals, pre-retirees and the sandwich generation.
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