The 1911 Group
The 1911 Group is a curated community of accomplished SMU alumni driving business and leadership across Dallas–Fort Worth. Members gain access to exclusive luncheons featuring prominent speakers from business and sports, private dinners at top Park Cities restaurants, and a 300+ member alumni directory to expand both personal and professional networks. With monthly gatherings and over fifteen signature luncheons each year, The 1911 Group fosters genuine connections, collaboration, and idea exchange among SMU’s most driven alumni.
The 1911 Group
Career Change, Education, and Wealth Management: A Conversation with Kyle Manley (MBA ’10)
This week on SMU Stories, we spoke with Kyle Manley (MBA ’10), Partner and Client Advisor at Brown Advisory in Dallas.
Kyle discusses his unconventional path from education and mathematics into finance, and how his time at SMU Cox positioned him as a true career changer. He explains why the school’s location in Dallas—and the access it provided to business leaders and real-world conversations—was a key differentiator in his decision to attend.
Drawing on his background as an educator, Kyle reflects on how the ability to explain complex ideas clearly, combined with technical training from business school, helped him transition into financial services, beginning at Goldman Sachs. Today, he works with entrepreneurs and families on long-term wealth strategy, governance, and generational planning, emphasizing education, discipline, and the compounding effect of time.
The conversation also touches on the future of wealth management, the limits of technology, and why the human element still matters.
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