Chirag Chauhan MBA, CFP®, AIF®, CPFA®
Chirag brings a great wealth of advice and experience to clients from his many years of service in financial planning. He entered the field at a young age and made it his mission to help Memphis-area clients pursue the future they desire, no matter their financial situation.
Dedicated to his field, Chirag stays regularly involved with the Financial Planning Association of the Mid-South, Society of Financial Service Professionals, National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, Medical Group Management Association and the Memphis Estate Planning Council. Earning a reputation of practicing with utmost integrity and transparency, Chirag has served as a dispute resolution arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) since 2009.
Chirag is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP®) professional, certified by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards. These marks identify those individuals who have met the rigorous experience and ethical requirements of the CFP Board, have successfully completed training on nearly 100 integrated financial topics, and have passed the CFP® Certification Examination covering the following areas: the investment planning process, risk management, investments, tax planning strategies and management, retirement and employee benefits, and estate planning. CFP® professionals also agree to meet ongoing continuing education requirements and to uphold CFP Board's Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Rules of Conduct and Financial Planning Practice Standards.
Chirag graduated from Rhodes College in 1998 and later received a Master of Business Administration at the University of Memphis in 2002. He attended the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania where he attained his Retirement Planning Specialist designation.
Chirag regularly gives back to the Mid-South community and utilizes his talents to assist local organizations. He is an active member of the Methodist Germantown Hospital Advisory Council and serves on the Board of Directors for the Orpheum Theater Group and the Methodist Healthcare Foundation. He previously served on the boards of Leadership Memphis, the American Heart Association, the Phoenix Club, Rhodes College Alumni Board, and the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Memphis.
Chirag has led an exemplary career that has earned him recognition among peers and industry leaders. In 2023, he was inducted into LPL Financial’s Director’s Club, which recognizes the top producing 15% of LPL’s 21,000 advisors nationwide. Other accomplishments include graduating from Leadership Memphis in 2006, being named to the Memphis Business Journal’s Top 40 Under 40 list in 2008 and achieving Million Dollar Roundtable membership every year since 2006. From 2011 to 2021, Chirag received the Centurion Producer award from Equitable Advisors because of his passion and dedication to clients’ financial needs throughout his many years as a professional. He was also inducted to the Equitable Hall of Fame and was recognized as a Hallmark I and II advisor.
Outside of advising Bluff City Advisory clients with professional financial and investment planning strategies, Chirag is an avid tennis and golf player, race car enthusiast, and devoted family man to his wife, Mandy, and his two sons, Cole and Blake.
Location: 7906 Players Forest Drive | Memphis, TN 38119
AR Insurance License #: 2818555
CA Insurance License #: 0G74759
