AFE Private Wealth provides personalized financial guidance, helping clients navigate life’s complexities with clarity and confidence through every stage of their journey.
An ultra-exclusive, members only social club designed for those who seek a sophisticated and secure environment for leisure, business, and community.
Bravas delivers smart home automation, creating seamless, personalized systems for entertainment, lighting, security, and climate control.
Fit Brit creates activewear that combines elegant design with bold confidence, focusing on fit, performance, and a supportive community.
iRide KC provides luxury sedans, SUVs, and limousines in Kansas City, delivering reliable vehicles and exceptional service focused on exceeding client expectations.
Ryan Anderson is a seasoned entrepreneur with a proven track record of building and scaling successful businesses. He began his journey by founding a luxury smart home company, which became the cornerstone of a 15-company acquisition merger that formed Bravas—the first and largest national brand in the luxury smart home integration space. In 2019, Ryan successfully led the sale of Bravas to a private equity firm and served as CEO for two years before transitioning leadership. He remains the company’s largest individual shareholder.
Today, Ryan owns and operates a diverse portfolio of businesses spanning wealth management, women’s fitness apparel, luxury transportation, social clubs, commercial real estate, and more. His entrepreneurial spirit is matched by a passion for mentoring others; he works closely with business owners to design and execute strategies for sustainable growth and long-term success.
In addition to his work with entrepreneurs, Ryan partners with professional athletes to help them successfully transition into life beyond the field. Through personalized mentorship, he supports their personal and financial development, guides them in launching post-career ventures, and helps them build meaningful, purpose-driven lives. A key focus of his work is empowering athletes to become engaged, impactful members of their communities. Deeply committed to giving back, Ryan actively serves on multiple charitable boards, with a strong focus on initiatives that support children and empower youth.
Ryan Forster is a Partner and Financial Advisor with AFE Private Wealth. His focus is to quiet the noise of the financial world to simplify financial planning. Ryan began his career shortly before the beginning of the financial crisis of 2008, experiencing the recession’s effect on clients firsthand. The years following have given Ryan a deep understanding of how we often lose sight of financial realities and cling to emotional highs and lows. Ryan helps clients get past flawed instincts, ignore the noise and follow the numbers in pursuit of greater financial health.
As a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, Ryan is educated in the finer points of guiding clients through all economic environments – the good, the bad, and the ugly. This education helps clients fully realize the opportunities during their entire life while avoiding many pitfalls that can derail long term plans.
As a Certified Exit Planning Advisor, Ryan is educated on full business life cycle planning and integrating personal/financial planning into business planning to accelerate enterprise value. Most businesses don’t transfer because they are not ready when they need to be. Ryan helps close the gap, helping owners and their business be more valuable, drive more wealth and ultimately be ready when they need to be.
Ryan brings additional expertise to clients with a deep knowledge and experience in addressing the unique planning needs of business executives/owners, medical specialists, professional athletes and high-income earners.
Ryan is married to his wife Stephanie and has four children - Stella, Anthony, Gregory and Penelope. He is committed to his faith and community involvement, a fine wine and bourbon enthusiast, and enjoys all things active with a particular passion for rock climbing and mountain biking. With all the finer things in life, Ryan prefers to share these experiences with others.