Edward Jones financial advisor Ryan Kent, of Fort Dodge, has been named to the 2023 list of Best-in-State Wealth Advisors in Iowa by Forbes and SHOOK Research.

Kent ranked No. 50 in Iowa. He has served area investors for the past eight years.

Kent is one of 154 Edward Jones financial advisors to be named to the 2023 Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors ranking. To see the full list of Edward Jones financial advisors who ranked among the top in their state, visit edwardjones.com and enter Best in State Wealth Advisors into the search box.

To compile the 2023 list of financial advisors named to Best-in-State Wealth Advisors ranking, SHOOK Research analysts conducted more than 17,500 interviews with nominees. Criteria included revenue trends, assets under management, compliance records, industry experience, use of best practices and approach to working with clients. To learn more about how financial advisors were selected for this recognition, visit Methodology: America’s Top Wealth Advisors 2023 (forbes.com).

Supporting Kent in serving clients from the local office are Senior Branch Office Administrator Terri VanNostrand and Branch Office Administrator Angela Barton.

“This is an incredible honor and a testament to the work I do helping clients realize their dreams,” Kent said. “When my clients are successful, so am I. We are all winners, and I share this award with them. I also am eternally grateful to my extraordinary branch office administrators for joining me in looking out for our clients’ best interests.”

Edward Jones is a leading financial services firm in the U.S. and through its affiliate in Canada. The firm’s nearly 19,000 financial advisors serve more than 8 million clients with a total of $1.6 trillion in client assets under care at the end of 2022.