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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

– Henry David Thoreau Walden

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

– Henry David Thoreau Walden

Our Mission

We guide families to discover purpose, steward wealth with intention, and align their financial lives with their deepest values. Through strategic wealth stewardship, we strengthen relationships and amplify impact — one family at a time.

Our Values

Stronghaven was founded on the conviction that wealth is not the end goal—it’s a means to something greater. We believe life is about living with intention, growing through every stage, and aligning success with purpose. To us, true fulfillment comes from using our resources—time, talent, and capital—to create meaningful lives and lasting impact. We guide those who seek to evolve, contribute, and live fully in alignment with their deepest values.

Our Guiding Principles

Our Founder

Brian Midtbo is a guide, connector, and changemaker driven by the passion to leverage abundance and an extensive network of successful, purpose-driven individuals to create lasting impact. We support families and individuals on their journey toward meaningful, positive change through values-based, strategic wealth stewardship.

With over 30 years of experience guiding successful individuals and families, he’s seen firsthand how removing financial ambiguity transforms lives. This inspired him to build an independent, fiduciary-focused advisory dedicated to true wealth stewardship—and to bring family office services to those who previously only had access to traditional wealth management.

Recognizing that conventional wealth management often isn’t designed for affluent, impact-driven founders and their families, Brian created an all-encompassing ecosystem that puts the human back into the family office—integrating values, process, and capital.

Our clients entrust us with managing, growing, and preserving wealth—freeing them to focus on living the life they truly desire. Brian serves as a transparent, trusted financial guide who always put the client’s vision and plan first.

Brian Midtbo

Financial Guide, Personal CFO

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I am a father of two incredible children, a stalwart friend, and a grateful son and brother first. I strive to walk through life with the eyes of a child—seeing the world through love, curiosity, and awe. Each day, I spend time outdoors, soaking in nature and feeling the deep connection we all share with this planet and each other.

I believe deeply in the good of people and am an optimistic futurist and lifelong learner. I feel called to serve others by using my ability to connect and guide those with resources toward discovering their purpose. My mission is to help families bring meaning to their abundance and create lasting, positive impact.

Gratitude fuels everything I do, and I approach life and work committed to paying it forward in every interaction. Since beginning my career advising families in 1994, I realized traditional wealth management was often a broken system—offering basic planning without true stewardship or meaningful impact. In 2004, I set out to change that by bringing the core principles of the family office—education, clarity, values-based planning, intergenerational participation, transparent asset management, and impact-driven strategy—to more families beyond the ultra-wealthy.

Along the way, I met Tom Ibsen, who shares this vision. Together, we built a multi-family office for families ready to run their legacies like thriving businesses—creating generational wealth that gives back and transforms communities. For emerging wealth, we created a stewardship platform to help families embrace the responsibility of wealth with clarity, purpose, and optimism.

When I’m not guiding families, writing or speaking on growth and connection, or building businesses, you’ll find me pushing myself intellectually and physically or floating on a river chasing fish, climbing a mountain, watching my kids at soccer and lacrosse or sharing laughter and conversation with friends and family about what truly matters: impact, humanity, family, and our place in the world.

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