Matt Groome, CFP^®, CPA, QPFC

Co-CEO

Matt’s brother, Tate, and Father, George, recruited Matt to the company after he spent three years as a CPA/senior tax associate for a large regional accounting firm in Charlotte. Matt has been with Colton Groome since 2009 and plans to retire in 2050, when the firm is 100 years old!

Matt works on the Retirement Plan Team and with Personal Financial Planning Clients. Matt started in the business leading our Retirement Plan team and was quickly recognized as an expert in the field with the passion to help business owners, not for profits and employees reach their retirement plan goals. Matt earned recognition in 2016, as the National Association of Plan Advisors Top 50 Retirement Plan Advisors in the United States Under Age 40. Matt takes his business owner mindset, retirement plan expertise, tax background and 13+ years of experience to lead personal planning client relationships. Many of his personal planning clients are business owners for which Colton Groome serves as a Retirement Plan advisor.

Matt is an Asheville High School, UNC-Chapel Hill Business Administration and Master of Accounting graduate. A true Asheville native, Matt volunteers his time with the WNC Bridge Foundation and WNC Human Resource Association.

When Matt is not working, you can find him hiking with his wife, Lauren, and children, Dani and Turner, coaching youth sports or spending time outdoors with their friends. Fun fact: He’s also a seven-time Asheville kickball Champion.