Anitha Rao
CFP®, CIMA®
Financial Architects, LLC
Senior Wealth Manager
Anitha Rao
CFP®, CIMA®
Financial Architects, LLC
Senior Wealth Manager
We are a fee-only, academically-oriented, registered investment advisory firm providing financial planning and wealth management to private clients in metro-Atlanta and across the United States. While some advisors still sell products or transactions, our “product” is wisdom and our goal is simple – to help our clients achieve and sustain financial success. - Anitha Rao, CFP®, CIMA®
Fee-Only financial planner located in Woodstock, GA, serving clients locally and across the country
Meet Anitha Rao
Anitha Rao is co-founder of Financial Architects and serves as senior wealth manager. She has earned the Certified Financial Planner® (CFP) designation and has taught in the Certified Financial Planner programs at several universities. She also holds the Certified Investment Management Analyst® (CIMA) accreditation conferred by the Investments & Wealth Institute (IWI) through the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Ms. Rao holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park and has done post-graduate work in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech. Prior to her transition to wealth management and financial planning, she worked in IT Consulting with both boutique firms and a “big six” accounting firm.
She currently serves as a local chapter board member of the Financial Planning Association and is also a member of the Atlanta Society of Finance and Investment Professionals, the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors and the Investment Management Consultants Association.
Ms. Rao lives in Marietta with her husband, Venki. Venki is Chief Technology Officer at Chemical Abstracts Service, a division of the American Chemical Society. Their sons, Kiran and Barath, attend Georgia Tech and McGill Universities respectively
Anitha Rao is a Member of the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors

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Professional Designations & Affiliations
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Anitha Rao is a NAPFA-Registered Financial Advisor
The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) is a leading professional association of Fee-Only financial advisors—highly trained professionals who are committed to working in the best interests of those they serve.
Contact Anitha Rao
Office Locations:
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302 Creekstone Rdg
Woodstock, GA 30188