CLIMB USA , INC - Advancing Financial Capability

CLIMB USA, INC - ROBERT WYNN

Robert Wynn is a nationally recognized leader in economic development, financial education,
and wealth-building whose career spans more than four decades. He is the founder and president
of CLIMB USA, Inc. (Communities Learning to Invest and Mobilize for Business), a nonprofit
organization advancing financial capability and wealth creation through innovative Community
Based Investment Enterprises.
Throughout his career, Mr. Wynn has founded or co-founded several organizations dedicated to
expanding economic opportunity, including the Urban Economic Development Association
(UEDA), Asset Builders of America, Land Rich, Akamai LLC, and ProSquared LLC.
Before launching CLIMB USA, Mr. Wynn served as Financial Education Officer for the
Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions, where he created pioneering initiatives
including Wisconsin's statewide Money Conferences, Millionaires Clubs, the Finance and
Investment Challenge Bowl, and the Governor's Summit on Venture Capital. Earlier, as Director
of Minority Business Development for the Wisconsin Department of Commerce, he helped
establish innovative capital programs that generated more than $80 million in financing for
minority-owned businesses.
A Morehead Scholar, Mr. Wynn earned his undergraduate degree from the University of North
Carolina and his law degree from the University of Michigan. He has served on the boards of
BetterInvesting, the University of North Carolina General Alumni Association, and American
Players Theatre, and is the recipient of numerous honors, including BetterInvesting's George
Nicholson Lifetime Achievement Award, Wisconsin's Financial Literacy Legacy Award, and the
2026 Wealth Liberator Award.
Mr. Wynn and his wife have lived in Madison for forty of their 43 years of marriage.