Meet Guzman Castro
Guzman Castro
Financial Advisor
Professional
Guzman Castro is a Financial Planner at Wahby Financial Group in Jacksonville Beach, FL.
His profound belief that God makes us all perfectly in His image motivates Guzman to guide his clients confidently, carefully, and humbly in improving their financial paths. He believes nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care. He proves he cares about each of his clients by taking the time with each client to understand, clarify, and prioritize THEIR financial goals, whether the primary goal is to minimize taxation and efficiently manage generational wealth or getting on the right side of retirement goals.
He watched his 98-year-old grandmother surprisingly outlive her wealth at age 85; therefore, his parents became the unplanned financial support for the 13-year financial shortfall.
He also witnessed the conflicts this created between his parents. This is another reason Guzman cares so much for his clients’ improved financial paths; he does not want them to outlive their money. This is why he spends so much time trying to understand the whole picture, having honest (sometimes “tough love”) conversations, and educating his clients on all the products available to them to preserve and transfer their wealth.
Personal
He is an actively engaged resident of Jacksonville Beach Community, where he lives with his wife Jenny Castro (aka. Best Banker in Town) and four children. He remains actively engaged in his community through the Oceanside Rotary (who, among many things, funded the Atlantic Beach Skate Park.) and the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce-Beaches Division. He also volunteers with organizations such as Beaches Habitat, BEAM, the USO, Beaches Boys and Girls Club, Beaches Community Kitchen, and more.
Fun facts you may not know about Guzman:
His family was transferred to Miami in 1975 (he was one) by his father’s employer.
At the age of four, he won the “Macho Man Contest” at his daycare (in Miami, where he grew up), ironically by wearing a rather glamourous costume and performing a dance as if nobody was watching.
In the third grade, he crushed vocals at the Talent Show, singing about Uruguay’s national soccer team winning the South American championship.
At his all-boys high school, he Chaired the Spirit Committee and was the 1st Chair Alto Saxophone player in the non-marching band. He also captained the soccer team and was the leading goal scorer in Miami-Dade County in his senior year. He was recently inducted into his high school Athletic Hall of Fame due to his high school soccer performance.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree (in Graphic Design) from Drexel University while on a 4-year Division 1 soccer scholarship.
After college, he backpacked alone through western Europe and Scandinavia for four months.
Then he spent 18 years in the wine industry, where he started two distributors (Miami and Chicago), a national importer, and a brand development division that created the 2nd largest brand from Argentina in the USA within three years of launch and landing distribution agreements for said brand in Iceland, Singapore, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.
Two-time recipient (Florida and North Carolina) of the “National Businessman of the Year Award” by the National Republican Congressional Committee
He remains active, playing soccer, golf, RV’ing, and fishing.
Serves on the Board of Girls of Virtue.
