David S. Chang

CEO and President at Chang Holding

David S. Chang ChFC® is an award-winning entrepreneur, wealth manager, keynote speaker, author, consultant, and Chairman and CEO of Chang Holding Company. He founded Chang Holding Company in 2010 with its headquarters in Honolulu, Hawaii and offices in California. Chang Holding is currently comprised of WealthBridge Inc. and Home Care Solutions LLC. He holds the Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC®) designation from the American College.

David is also the editor of The Art of Thinking SMART, a blog and previously had a finance column in The Star-Advertiser’s weekly Midweek with a readership of over 400,000 people. He has also developed the 4-Step System to Wealth and Financial Freedom with The Art of SMART Money, a Wealth Building Membership Program.

In 2015 David was chosen as a member of InvestmentNews’ 2015 40 Under 40 list of top young advisers and associated professionals in the financial planning industry. He has been featured in Forbes as one of America’s Select Financial Leaders. In 2013 David was selected as Top 40 Under 40 Military by CivilianJobs.com. In 2011, Pacific Edge Magazine selected David as Young Professional of the Year. In 2010, he was selected as the Business Leader of the Year from the Pacific Business News 2010 class of Forty Under 40 in Hawaii. In 2011 he was a finalist for The Business Leadership Hawaii American Savings Bank Business Leader of the Year. He has also been selected as one of the Three Outstanding Young Persons Award by Hawaii Junior Chamber of Commerce, finalist as Top New Business of the Year by Hawaii Business News and honored by the World Chinese Venture Model Association.

David's Wealth Management Company, WealthBridge Inc., was selected as a FIVE-STAR Wealth Manager for the State of Hawaii for 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, and 2011, representing the top 4% of Wealth Managers statewide. WealthBridge Inc. was also selected by The National Association of Board Certified Advisory Practices (NABCAP) as a Premier Advisor for 2014, 2013, and 2012. In 2012, they were awarded the "Excellence in Customer Satisfaction" Talk of the Town winner, with a 4.5 out of 5 stars rating.

He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Computer Science and holds a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Anderson School of Business. David also holds a Master of Arts in Political Science from the University of Hawaii and a Master of Theological Studies from Covenant Theological Seminary. In addition, hewas selected as an East-West Graduate Degree Fellow and earned a Certificate of Leadership from the East-West Center.

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