Dan Pinkerton, CFP^®, CKA^®

Dan Pinkerton is Founder and CEO of the Pinkerton Wealth brand. Knowing this was the profession of his choice at age 19, Dan dual enrolled in the College for Financial Planning while a sophomore at Stanford University. Before graduating from Stanford in 1987 with a B.A. in International Relations with emphasis in Economics, Dan’s first job offer was to work directly for famed investor Peter Lynch at Fidelity Investments as his Research Analyst. Instead, Dan chose to start his own wealth management firm in 1987 while at Stanford University and incorporated Pinkerton Retirement Specialists, LLC in 1996, rebranding it Pinkerton Wealth, LLC in 2024.

Dan was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. He began learning business skills at age 9, when he inherited his older brother’s morning paper route, and built it into the largest foot route in Alaska, running 4 ½ miles before 6:30 AM, 365 days per year for 7 years, regardless of rain, sleet, or two feet of snow. Naturally, Dan excelled at cross country running and set a high school record in the 2 mile and 5k.

Dan and Kathryn are celebrating over 35 years together, and enjoy their family of 9 children, their spouses, and increasing grandchildren, most who live in Coeur d’Alene. Dan is an accomplished classical violinist and performs on his dad’s 100+ year old Italian violin. Dan and Kathryn are the founders of the Idaho Character Foundation, the Idaho Wildlife Museum, and he is the founder and Chairman of the Board for the 10 acre Faith Walk Community Fitness Park.