1. Here are America's top financial advisors, as identified by Barron's. The ranking reflects the volume of assets overseen by the advisors and their
teams, revenues generated for the firms and the quality of the advisors' practices. The scoring system assigns a top score of 100 and rates the
rest by comparing them with the top-ranked advisor. A ranking of "N" indicates the advisor was not ranked in the specified year.
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Typical
Net Worth
'16 '15 Name Firm Location (Up to $1mil) ($1-10 mil) ($10 mil+) tions ments tional ($mil) ($mil) ($mil) Score
1 3 Andy Chase
Morgan
Stanley
Private
Wealth
Management
Menlo Park,
Calif. 21685 5 25 100.000
2 1
Gregory
Vaughan
Morgan
Stanley
Private
Wealth
Management
Menlo Park,
Calif. 17078 75 150 99.946
3 2 Brian Pfeifler
Morgan
Stanley
Private
Wealth
Management
New York,
N.Y. 9532 50 75 99.925
4 9 Lyon Polk
Morgan
Stanley
Private
Wealth
Management
New York,
N.Y. 10267 25 50 99.894
5 4 Mark T. Curtis Graystone
Consulting
Palo Alto,
Calif.
54153 5 25 99.877
6 7 Shelley
Bergman
Morgan
Stanley
Wealth
Management
New York,
N.Y.
5900 15 50 98.516
7 6 Richard
Saperstein
HighTower New York,
N.Y.
10720 15 40 97.602
8 5 Jeff Erdmann
Merrill Lynch
- Private
Banking &
Investment
Group
Greenwich,
Conn. 5151 36.7 50 96.454
9 13 Ron Carson
Carson
Wealth
Management
Group
Omaha, Neb. 6556 5 10 96.347
10 11
Marvin
McIntyre
Morgan
Stanley
Private
Wealth
Management
Washington,
D.C. 3776 5 25 96.068
11 33 Drew Zager
Morgan
Stanley
Private
Wealth
Management
Los Angeles,
Calif. 8593 80 150 95.979
12 16
Rod
Westmoreland
Merrill Lynch
- Private
Banking &
Investment
Group
Atlanta, Ga. 5697 30 60 95.063
13 12 Steven Hefter Wells Fargo
Advisors
Highland
Park, Ill.
5000 10 30 94.886
14 39 Robert
Scherer
Graystone
Consulting
Potomac, Md. 6200 25 25 94.699
15 17 Paul Tashima
UBS
Financial
Services
Chicago, Ill. 24597 77 250 94.443
16 20
R.
Christopher
Errico
UBS Private
Wealth
Management
New York,
N.Y. 3100 10 50 94.123
17 65 Robert Stolar
Morgan
Stanley
Private
Wealth
Management
New York,
N.Y. 2500 50 70 94.003
Morgan
Stanley
Purchase,
2016 Top 100 Financial Advisors

2. 18 27 Kevin Peters Private
Wealth
Management
N.Y. 5750 15 42 93.866
19 55 Scott Wilson
Morgan
Stanley
Private
Wealth
Management
New York,
N.Y. 6966 20 40 93.762
20 19
James
Atwood
Merrill Lynch
- Private
Banking &
Investment
Group
Boston,
Mass. 4265 45 75 93.716
21 14 Jon Goldstein
First
Republic
Investment
Management
Menlo Park,
Calif.
6775 50 100 93.676
22 18 Ron Basu
Morgan
Stanley
Private
Wealth
Management
New York,
N.Y. 3500 30 150 93.597
23 34 Karen
McDonald
Morgan
Stanley
Wealth
Management
Palo Alto,
Calif.
34871 3 10 92.878
24 47 Robert J.
Skinner II
First
Republic
Investment
Management
Menlo Park,
Calif.
12284 50 100 92.833
25 22 Gregg Fisher Gerstein
Fisher
New York,
N.Y.
3261 1.5 3.8 92.382
26 35 Michael Klein Baird Milwaukee,
Wis.
8665 33 40 92.377
27 24 Andrew Perry
UBS Private
Wealth
Management
New York,
N.Y. 16020 30 50 92.331
28 21 Seth Finkel Neuberger
Berman
New York,
N.Y.
2371 10 20 92.218
29 56 Wm. Craig
Dobbs
Graystone
Consulting
Indianapolis,
Ind.
20209 155.12 209.39 92.113
30 25 Patrick Dwyer
Merrill Lynch
- Private
Banking &
Investment
Group
Miami, Fla. 2794 15 50 92.020
31 31
Martin
Halbfinger
UBS
Financial
Services
New York,
N.Y. 3346 20 35 91.838
32 30
Mark
Douglass
Morgan
Stanley
Private
Wealth
Management
Menlo Park,
Calif. 17078 75 150 91.789
33 29 Raj Sharma
Merrill Lynch
- Private
Banking &
Investment
Group
Boston,
Mass. 6325 10 15 91.590
34 28
Richard F.
Connolly
Morgan
Stanley
Private
Wealth
Management
Boston,
Mass. 5675 15 25 91.343
35 42 Eric Gray
Merrill Lynch
- Private
Banking &
Investment
Group
Los Angeles,
Calif. 11000 50 80 91.149
36 36 Joseph
Montgomery
Wells Fargo
Advisors
Williamsburg,
Va.
15231 7 15 91.029
37 61 Rich Hassan
Deutsche
Bank Alex.
Brown
greenwich,
Conn. 6200 51 51 90.925
38 38
Thomas J.
Keegan
Merrill Lynch
- Private
Banking &
Investment
Group
New York,
N.Y. 18725 39.75 48 90.795
39 62 Peter Princi Graystone
Consulting
Boston,
Mass.
4660 7.5 15 90.770
Morgan

3. 40 N
Colleen
O'Callaghan
Stanley
Private
Wealth
Management
New York,
N.Y. 2812 75 100 90.743
41 32
Andrew
Burish
UBS
Financial
Services
Madison,
Wis. 3638 2 3 90.543
42 66 Phil Shaffer Graystone
Consulting
Columbus,
Ohio
7459 135 225 90.507
43 26 Phil Scott
Merrill Lynch
Wealth
Management
Bellevue,
Wash. 2490 10 20 90.505
44 57
James
Hansberger
Morgan
Stanley
Private
Wealth
Management
Atlanta, Ga. 2650 15 50 90.432
45 54 Thomas
Moran
Wells Fargo
Advisors
Naples, Fla. 3100 5 25 90.336
46 44
Michael
Sawyer
Morgan
Stanley
Private
Wealth
Management
New York,
N.Y. 3800 50 80 90.300
47 84
Robert
Waldele
Merrill Lynch
Wealth
Management
New York,
N.Y. 7639 15 25 90.238
48 79 Alan Whitman
Morgan
Stanley
Wealth
Management
Pasadena,
Calif.
2497 5 15 90.180
49 8 Fred Berens Wells Fargo
Advisors
Miami, Fla. 26600 10 60 90.178
50 N Steven Grill
Deutsche
Bank Alex.
Brown
New York,
N.Y. 24500 10 25 90.016
51 N Bill Grous
Deutsche
Bank Alex.
Brown
New York,
N.Y. 24500 10 25 85.988
52 51 Gus Roessler
Morgan
Stanley
Private
Wealth
Management
New York,
N.Y. 3255 85 100 85.970
53 43 Todd Perry
UBS Private
Wealth
Management
New York,
N.Y. 16020 30 50 85.855
54 48 David Hou
First
Republic
Investment
Management
Los Angeles,
Calif.
12284 45 100 85.790
55 58
L. Marc
Shegoski
UBS
Financial
Services
Princeton,
N.J. 11031 210 75 85.669
56 41 William
Peterson
Neuberger
Berman
New York,
N.Y.
1711 5 13 85.652
57 37 William Greco
UBS
Financial
Services
Hartford,
Conn. 4724 9 12 85.650
58 23
James
Wallace
Merrill Lynch
Wealth
Management
Atlanta, Ga. 50233 4210 9500 85.614
59 N Louis Paster
UBS
Financial
Services
Chicago, Ill. 24597 77 250 85.588
60 63 Douglas Braff
UBS
Financial
Services
New York,
N.Y. 10445 5 15 85.572
61 67 Noel Weil
Merrill Lynch
- Private
Banking &
Investment
Group
New York,
N.Y. 8140 15 30 85.475
62 46 J. Dorian
McKelvy
Morgan
Stanley
Wealth
Management
Menlo Park,
Calif.
4900 1 5 85.471
63 N Stephan
Cassaday
Cassaday &
Co.
McLean, Va. 1712 1.5 2 85.359
Morgan
Stanley San

4. 64 96 Troy Griepp Private
Wealth
Management
Francisco,
Calif.
8150 30 50 85.300
65 50 Peter Rohr
Merrill Lynch
- Private
Banking &
Investment
Group
Philadelphia,
Pa. 3499 31 100 85.195
66 60 Steve Levine
UBS Private
Wealth
Management
Los Angeles,
Calif. 4500 15 50 85.045
67 82 Paul Pagnato HighTower Reston, Va. 2465 25 40 85.032
68 N Brian Frank
Morgan
Stanley
Private
Wealth
Management
Atlanta, Ga. 1900 5 25 85.025
69 88 Thomas Parks Graystone
Consulting
Milwaukee,
Wis.
7790 75 75 84.942
70 73 Laila Pence
Pence
Wealth
Management
Newport
Beach, Calif. 1477 2 5 84.932
71 53 Richard Szelc Neuberger
Berman
Dallas, Texas 1432 8.5 15 84.926
72 68
Jonathan
Kass
Merrill Lynch
Wealth
Management
New York,
N.Y. 4878 10 25 84.924
73 72
Brian
Strachan
Morgan
Stanley
Private
Wealth
Management
Boston,
Mass. 2235 10 20 84.905
74 70 Richard Jones
Merrill Lynch
- Private
Banking &
Investment
Group
Los Angeles,
Calif. 13561 50 75 84.881
75 69
Louis
Chiavacci
Merrill Lynch
- Private
Banking &
Investment
Group
Coral Gables,
Fla. 3321 35 75 84.800
76 75 Antoine
Souma
J.P. Morgan
Securities
Los Angeles,
Calif.
3134 30 100 84.780
77 74 Reza Zafari
Merrill Lynch
- Private
Banking &
Investment
Group
Los Angeles,
Calif. 13561 50 75 84.762
78 85
Kenneth
Germann
Deutsche
Bank Alex.
Brown
Greenwich,
Conn. 8780 35 45 84.610
79 86
Jeffrey
Kobernick
UBS Private
Wealth
Management
New York,
N.Y. 6371 30 50 84.545
80 87
Robert J.
Sechan II
UBS Private
Wealth
Management
New York,
N.Y. 6371 30 50 84.520
81 N Gary Tantleff
UBS
Financial
Services
Warren, N.J. 3156 9.2 10 84.460
82 90
Scott
Stackman
UBS Private
Wealth
Management
New York,
N.Y. 3125 50 100 84.435
83 76 John Olson
Merrill Lynch
Wealth
Management
New York,
N.Y. 2374 8 15 84.430
84 40 Paul
Tramontano
First
Republic
Investment
Management
New York,
N.Y.
6775 40 75 84.420
85 N Raj Bhatia
Merrill Lynch
- Private
Banking &
Investment
Group
Chicago, Ill. 1452 15 25 84.336
86 N Leigh Cohen
Merrill Lynch
- Private
Banking &
Investment
Group
New York,
N.Y. 8140 15 30 84.175

5. 87 N John Cultra William Blair Chicago, Ill. 2156 17.5 27.5 84.170
88 59 Bobby Fisher
UBS
Financial
Services
Houston,
Texas 6000 2 5 84.160
89 91 Susan Kaplan
Kaplan
Financial
Services
(LPL)
Newton,
Mass.
1550 3.75 10 84.112
90 81 Timothy
Grimes
Grimes &
Co.
Westborough,
Mass.
2005 3.5 7 84.050
91 N Adam Carlin
Morgan
Stanley
Private
Wealth
Management
Coral Gables,
Fla. 2191 16 25 84.015
92 98 Drew Freides
UBS Private
Wealth
Management
Los Angeles,
Calif. 3700 35 50 83.935
93 N
Bryan
Stepanian
Deutsche
Bank Alex.
Brown
Greenwich,
Conn. 4000 50 100 83.920
94 77 Dana Jackson Graystone
Consulting
Menlo Park,
Calif.
21685 30 45 83.915
95 99
J. Michael
Bollinger
Morgan
Stanley
Private
Wealth
Management
Houston,
Texas 4741 25 100 83.810
96 94 Mark Schulten Wells Fargo
Advisors
Long Beach,
Calif.
1476 2.5 7 83.675
97 N
Jason L.
Fertitta
Morgan
Stanley
Private
Wealth
Management
Houston,
Texas 4741 25 100 83.675
98 N Shane Brisbin
Morgan
Stanley
Private
Wealth
Management
San
Francisco,
Calif.
4000 25 50 83.615
99 N
Richard
Piatas
Merrill Lynch
Wealth
Management
Dallas, Texas 3385 10 25 83.580
100 N Mark
Donohue
Morgan
Stanley
Wealth
Management
New York,
N.Y.
2320 20 40 83.420
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