About Us

Who wE ARE

We are an independent financial firm in Bainbridge Island, WA serving the greater Seattle metro area and clients all over the country. Thanks to technology, we aren't bound to Seattle. No matter where you live, we can help. We got our start in Novato, a suburb of Marin County in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since 2016, we've expanded and our service area knows no bounds. We provide services ranging from financial planning to investment management to retirement planning. To see a list of all of our services, check out our services page.

Pharos Wealth Management is fiduciary focused, founded on principals that are dedicated to helping you pursue your financial goals. The term “Pharos” describes a guiding light. The firm was formed because of a realization that real people need practical help to navigate the seemingly confusing, opaque world of investment. Pharos is your guiding light.

Our passion for the world of financial management is directly channeled into helping individuals just like you. With a focus on transparency and trust, Pharos seeks to help affluent families and individuals, members of the LGBTQ community, and other high-net-worth clients. Click here to learn more about who we serve. It's our prerogative to help those that need and want our help in dreaming, planning, and pursuing their financial goals.

Our Mission

Bringing experience and professionalism to empower you to live the life you’ve always dreamed of, free of financial burden.

The founder

Scott Stanley is the founder of Pharos Wealth Management, a firm headquartered in Bainbridge Island, WA that works passionately with individuals, families, and businesses to plan, manage and pursue their financial goals. In 2016, Scott founded the firm because he discovered a need: Sound and personalized advice in navigating the opaque, confusing world of financial planning. Before Pharos Wealth Management, he worked as a tenured Portfolio Manager and Wealth Advisor at a boutique wealth management firm in Marin County.

Scott holds his FINRA Series 7&66 with LPL Financial, the #1 Independent Broker Dealer in the country.* He has a rich background in investment research and analysis, financial planning and modeling, portfolio management, and team management. He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® certificant**, has a Bachelor of Science in Corporate Finance, and is licensed as a Resident Insurance Producer (Life, Accident & Health).

When he's not working, Scott donates his time to the community. He spent years working with the Spahr Center as treasurer and a member of the board. The Spahr Center is an organization in Corte Madera, CA that serves, supports and empowers the LGBT community of Marin County. He has also donated his time and expertise by way of pro bono hours to families in need. When he's not working, he's likely somewhere outdoors in the garden or on a hiking trail, doing downward dog at the local yoga studio, enjoying an opera - Tosca is his favorite, practicing piano, reading a novel, or cooking dinner for a group of friends.

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*Based on total revenues, as reported in Financial Planning magazine, June 1996-2025. LPL Financial Member FINRA/SIPC.

**Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Center for Financial Planning, Inc. owns and licenses the certification mark CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® in the United States to Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc., which authorizes individuals who successfully complete the organization’s initial and ongoing certification requirements to use the certification mark.

More About Scott

And now, a day in the life at the Pharos office...

Now providing napping accommodations for clients at the office!

Close friends hanging out at the office on a Saturday.

Dexter: The Pharos Wealth Management Supervisor

And now, the dogs of Pharos...

Dexter (age 10 years)

Chase and Bertie (age 4 months)