Forbes - USA (2020-10)

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ike most of us, financial

advisors are operating in uncharted territory, as lives, the economy and

the markets have been turned upside down by the global pandemic.

The 250 men and women on our fifth annual Forbes/Shook Top

Wealth Advisors ranking manage hundreds of billions in assets and have

proven to be invaluable stewards of family wealth during turbulent times.

1. Jeff Erdmann
   Wealth Mgmt. Merrill Private^
   GREENWICH, CT
   $7.8B


2. Brian C. Pfeifler
   Morgan Stanley Private
   Wealth Mgmt.
   New York, NY
   $5.1B


3. Christopher Errico
   UBS Private
   Wealth Mgmt.
   NEW YORK, NY
   $2B


4. Mark Curtis
   Morgan Stanley Graystone
   PALO ALTO, CA
   $95.8B


5. Rod Westmoreland
   Merrill Private
   Wealth Mgmt.
   ATLANTA, GA
   $5.2B


6. Greg Vaughan
   Morgan Stanley
   Private Wealth Mgmt.
   MENLO PARK, CA
   $20.8B


7. Charles Zhang
   Zhang Financial
   PORTAGE, MI
   $3.2B


8. Andy Chase
   Morgan Stanley
   Private Wealth Mgmt.
   MENLO PARK, CA
   $27B


9. Ira Walker
   Wealth Mgmt. UBS Private^
   RED BANK, NJ
   $1B


10. Lyon Polk
    Morgan Stanley
    Private Wealth Mgmt.
    NEW YORK, NY
    $11.7B


11. Andy Burish
    UBS Wealth Mgmt.
    MADISON, WI
    $3.1B


12. James Hansberger
    Private Wealth Mgmt. Morgan Stanley^
    ATLANTA, GA
    $2.1B


13. Raj Sharma
    Merrill Private Wealth Mgmt.
    BOSTON, MA
    $6.8B


14. Randy C. Conner
    Churchill Mgmt. Group
    LOS ANGELES, CA
    $5.5B


15. Marvin McIntyre
    Morgan Stanley Private
    Wealth Mgmt.
    WASHINGTON, DC
    $3.4B


16. Richard Saperstein
    Treasury Partners
    NEW YORK, NY
    $13.9B


17. Scott Siegel
    Morgan Stanley Wealth Mgmt.
    NEW YORK, NY
    $4.1B


18. Robert J. Skinner II
    IEQ Capital
    FOSTER CITY, CA
    $8.8B


19. Brian Frank
    Morgan Stanley
    Private Wealth Mgmt.
    ATLANTA, GA
    $2.3B


20. Jason Katz
    UBS Wealth Mgmt.
    NEW YORK, NY
    $2.7B


21. Steve Hefter
    HLM Capital
    HIGHLAND PARK, IL
    $2.6B


22. Martin Halbfinger
    UBS Wealth Mgmt.
    NEW YORK, NY
    $3.5B


23. Richard Jones
    Merrill Private
    Wealth Mgmt.
    LOS ANGELES, CA
    $13.9B


24. Reza Zafari
    Merrill Private Wealth Mgmt.
    LOS ANGELES, CA
    $13.9B


25. Michael Poppo
    UBS Wealth Mgmt.
    NEW YORK, NY
    $1.1B


26. Alan Whitman
    Morgan Stanley
    Wealth Mgmt.
    PASADENA, CA
    $1.7B


27. Thomas Moran
    Moran Wealth Mgmt.
    NAPLES, FL
    $2.7B


28. Rob Clarfeld
    Clarfeld Financial
    Advisors
    TARRYTOWN, NY
    $7.7B


29. Rebecca Rothstein
    Merrill Private
    Wealth Mgmt.
    BEVERLY HILLS, CA
    $3.2B


30. Kevin Peters
    Morgan Stanley Wealth Mgmt.
    PALM BEACH, FL
    $1.5B


31. Paul Pagnato
    PagnatoKarp
    RESTON, VA
    $2B


32. Drew Freides
    UBS Private
    Wealth Mgmt.
    LOS ANGELES, CA
    $4.8B


33. Mark Douglass
    Morgan Stanley
    Private Wealth Mgmt.
    MENLO PARK, CA
    $20.2B


34. Michael Valdes
    Merrill Private Wealth Mgmt.
    TAMPA, FL
    $5.6B


35. Michael Klein
    Baird
    MILWAUKEE, WI
    $4.5B


36. Ron Basu
    Private Wealth Mgmt. Morgan Stanley^
    NEW YORK, NY
    $6.1B


37. Louis Chiavacci
    Merrill Private
    Wealth Mgmt.
    CORAL GABLES, FL
    $2.9B


38. David Hou
    Evoke Wealth
    LOS ANGELES, CA
    $5.7B


39. Drew Zager
    Morgan Stanley
    Private Wealth Mgmt.
    LOS ANGELES, CA
    $10.2B


40. Paul Tramontano
    First Republic
    Investment Mgmt.
    GREENWICH, CT
    $7B


41. Ron Vinder
    Private Wealth Mgmt. Morgan Stanley^
    NEW YORK, NY
    $2.5B


42. Peter Princi
    Morgan Stanley
    Graystone
    BOSTON, MA
    $3.7B


43. Mark Schulten
    TSG Wealth Mgmt.
    LONG BEACH, CA
    $3.2B


44. Peter Rohr
    Merrill Private
    Wealth Mgmt.
    PHILADELPHIA, PA
    $4.3B


45. Cheryl Young
    Morgan Stanley Wealth Mgmt.
    LOS GATOS, CA
    $992M

RAJ BHATIA

MERRILL PRIVATE

WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Chicago, Illinois

“Panic selling is a sign of poor planning,

because markets have moved significantly

many times in the past 40 years. It’s nothing

new if you look at the history of markets....

In this business, surviving is winning. And being

able to navigate all the ups and downs of

the market, all the faces of the clients and

all these regulations is challenging.”

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