Gary has a degree in political science from the University of Kentucky. After serving as an artillery officer, he became a senior vice president of investments at Paine Webber during the 1980s. He then thought about attending seminary but soon discovered that seminaries no longer teach about the moral dimensions of managing this world’s wealth, despite them being a favorite topic of Moses, Jesus, and the church fathers. 

He began informal study of the subject and later founded The Financial Seminary, a non-profit ministry, to build bridges between the financial and moral communities. He also founded his own investment firm as “counsel to ethical and spiritual investors.” Since then, he has advised some of America’s well-known ministries, churches, banks, and individual investors, while authoring many articles about integrating religion or spirituality and ethics with personal financial management and political economy.

He has served as a trustee of Robert Schuller’s Crystal Cathedral, chairing its endowment committee; a trustee of Messiah College, serving on its investment committee; a board member of the John Templeton Foundation; a board advisor to Bill Bennett and Jack Kemp’s Empower America; a lay leader of both a Lutheran and an Episcopal church; and a financial commentator for UPI Radio and the Skylight Radio Network. He and his wife Sherry were recently knighted by the ancient Order of St. John, Knights Hospitaller, primarily for their work among aids orphans in Uganda. Their son Garrett was more recently made a squire in the Order.

His views and writings have appeared in Forbes, Money, Business Week, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Bottom Line, Christianity Today, Moody, The National Religious Broadcasters’ Magazine, and many newspapers, such as the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and the Christian Science Monitor.

Gary and his family have lived in the Sarasota, Florida community for the past fifteen years. 

Gary Moore & Co.

Counsel to Ethical and Spiritual Investors

Gary Moore & Co is a Sarasota, Florida based investment firm that offers fee or commission-based counsel. It is dedicated to providing the same high-quality counsel to stewards with any amount of resources, whether a few thousand or several million dollars. Yet its services seem to appeal particularly to: 1) small and medium-sized endowments, foundations, and retirement plans seeking prudent, ethical, and cost-conscious management; 2) widows and single women who face the challenges of limited resources but special tax and estate planning considerations; and 3) those individuals with over one million dollars who want to avoid the complexity and high costs that are often marketed to the affluent.

While independent, the firm is affiliated with NPC of America, member NASD & SIPC.

Gary Moore & Company, The Financial Seminary, and NPC are separate and unrelated companies. 

Please be advised that presently Gary Moore holds a Series 07, 08, 63, and 65 license and is registered to sell mutual funds, variable annuities, and variable life products in the states of AL, AZ, CA, CO, DE, Fl, ID, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, MT, NJ, OH, PA, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WV and provide investment advice in the state of FL. For residents of other states, proper licenses and registrations must be obtained by Mr. Moore before proceeding further. No parts of this communication should be construed as an offer to sell any security or provide investment advice or recommendations. Securities offered through NPCOA will fluctuate in value and are subject to investment risks including possible loss of principal.