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The Winner's Circle: Virginia's top wealth advisors

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EDITOR'S NOTE
This is being printed in the August 2007 issue of Virginia Business magazine with permission by R.J. Shook and The Winner's Circle LLC, owners of the copyright, with the understanding that the Winner's Circle registered trademark and copyrighted material and rights are protected. This may not be published outside Virginia Business magazine without written consent from R.J. Shook.

Virginia Business
August 2007

Notes:
1. Retail, high net worth and ultra high net worth are Investable assets, excluding primary residence; "•" indicates 5 percent or more of adviser's business.

2. Total team assets include custodied and non-custodied assets that adviser and team advise. Adviser is ranked on individual contribution to team; some individuals on list are not part of teams and assets reflect only their share. Different weightings are assigned to different types of assets.

3. Ranking algorithm includes revenues produced, but is not published.

4. Account size and net worth refer to individual business, not institutional; net worth includes primary residence.

5. Partners indicated by (5).

6. Douglas Stewart's information is based on previous work at Wachovia Securities

High Net Worth Advisors
  Name
Firm
Location
Retail High
Net Worth
Ultra High
Net Worth
Foun-
dations
Endow-
ments
Small Busnesses Typical Account Size
Typical Net Worth Team
Total Assets
1 Joseph Montgomery
Wachovia Securities
Williamsburg
$3,000 - 12,000 $5,000 - 30,000 $11,003,000,000
2
Douglas Stewart (6)
Cary Street Partners
Fredericksburg
  1,000 3,000+ 590,000,000
3 Allan Strange
Smith Barney
Richmond
  750 - 1,000 1,000 - 3,000 502,000,000
4
Dalal Salomon
Wachovia Securities
Richmond
1,000 - 5,000 3,000 - 8,000 500,000,000
5 Joseph Robinson
Smith Barney
McLean
  1,000 1,000 - 100,000 203,000,000
6
David Speck
Wachovia Securities
Alexandria
1,000 2,000 750,000,000
7 Kelly Campbell
Campbell Wealth Management
Fairfax
  2,000 3,000 - 5,000 160,000,000
8
George A. “Abie” Williams Jr.
Smith Barney
Radford
  250 - 500 1,000 - 5,000 500,000,000
9 Lee Corey
Morgan Stanley
Alexandria
1,000 - 5,000 2,000 - 10,000 550,000,000
10
Christopher Coffing
Merrill Lynch
Norfolk
    750 5,000 216,939,266
  Name
Firm
Location
Retail High
Net Worth
Ultra High
Net Worth
Foun-
dations
Endow-
ments
Small Busnesses Typical Amount Size
Typical Net Worth Team
Total Assets
11 Kirk DeHaven
Smith Barney
McLean
      2,000 - 5,000 2,000 - 10,000 925,000,000
12
Stephan Cassaday
Cassaday & Co. Inc.
McLean
1,200 2,000 938,840,502
13 J. Chris Harvie
Banc of America Investment Services Inc.
Richmond
      500 - 3,000 2,000 260,000,000
14
Jeff LeClair
Wachovia Securities
McLean
2,000 - 10,000 + 5,000 - 20,000 + 668,000,000
15 Neil Goetzman
Merrill Lynch
Alexandria
1,000 - 5,000 4,000 425,000,000
16
The VWG Group
Morgan Stanley
Vienna
2,000 - 5,000 3,500 - 7,000 550,000,000
17 Alan Harter
Smith Barney
Alexandria
      4,000 25,000 474,000,000
18
Rob Olcott (5)
Olcott Consulting Group
McLean
$3,000 - 30,000+ $25,000+ $975,000,000
  Ahmed Farruk (5)
Olcott Consulting Group
McLean
  3,000 - 30,000+ 25,000+ 975,000,000
 
Bill Fisher (5)
Olcott Consulting Group
McLean
  3,000 - 30,000+ 25,000+ 975,000,000
  Name
Firm
Location
Retail High
Net Worth
Ultra High
Net Worth
Foun-
dations
Endow-
ments
Small Busnesses Typical Amount Size
Typical Net Worth Team
Total Assets
19 Wanda Austin
Smith Barney
Newport News
    500 - 3,000 5,000 - 10,000 330,000,000
20
Rebecca Robertson
Wachovia Securities
Richmond
    500 -1,500 1,000 480,490,000
21 William Orlando
Wachovia Securities
McLean
    1,000 3,000 - 7,000 905,000,000
22
Bill Barnes
Wachovia Securities
Williamsburg
      500 - 2,500 2,000 - 5,000+ 208,000,000
23 Gregory Watts
Morgan Stanley
Virginia Beach
750 - 2,000 1,000 - 5,000 271,000,000
24
Dean Wadsworth
Morgan Stanley
Roanoke
    1,000 - 5,000 1,000 - 5,000 285,000,000
25 Norman Frisbie
UBS Financial Services Inc.
Vienna
  1,100 3,000 433,000,000
26
Sean Geiger
Smith Barney
McLean
        750 - 1,000 1,000+ 170,000,000
27 Patrick Faulkner
SunTrust Investment Services
Williamsburg
  500 -3,000 1,000 - 4,000+ 250,000,000
28
GMMT Team
Merrill Lynch
Reston
1,700 3,750 620,000,000
  Name
Firm
Location
Retail High
Net Worth
Ultra High
Net Worth
Foun-
dations
Endow-
ments
Small Busnesses Typical Amount Size
Typical Net Worth Team
Total Assets
29 Kent Cox
Smith Barney
Richmond
      2,000 - 5,000 5,000+ 1,062,794,535
30
James T. Barnette Jr.
Raymond James Financial Services
Sterling
500 - 2,000 1,500 - 2,500 225,000,000
31 Richard McLaughlin
Smith Barney
McLean
      2,000 - 5,000 5,000 - 10,000 925,000,000
32
Andrew Lewis
UBS Financial Services Inc.
Vienna
      1,000 - 10,000 2,000 - 20,000 180,000,000
33 Michael Manfredi
Citigroup Family Office
McLean
    5,000 10,000 209,000,000
34
Gregory Nerantzis
Smith Barney
Leesburg
        500 - 5,000 3,000 - 10,000 167,000,000
35 Ellen Cleary
Morgan Stanley
Alexandria
        $850 $1,000 $175,000,000
36
Laurel Kent
Smith Barney
McLean
      1,153 2,500 363,000,000
37 Carter Hotchkiss
Wachovia Securities
Franklin
725 3,500 510,000,000
38
Jim Mills
SunTrust Investment Services
Norfolk
    1,000 - 5,000 3,000 - 5,000 370,000,000
  Name
Firm
Location
Retail High
Net Worth
Ultra High
Net Worth
Foun-
dations
Endow-
ments
Small Busnesses Typical Amount Size
Typical Net Worth Team
Total Assets
39 Michele Dandrea
Smith Barney
McLean
    1,000 - 5,000 2,500 - 10,000 268,748,830
40
Stephen Clarke (5)
Merrill Lynch
Richmond
      1,000 - 10,000 5,000 - 20,000 685,000,000
  E. Sidney Martin III (5)
Merrill Lynch
Richmond
      1,000 - 10,000 5,000 - 20,000 685,000,000
 
Anita Bost (5)
Merrill Lynch
Richmond
      1,000 - 10,000 5,000 - 20,000 685,000,000
41 Kevin Wood
Wachovia Securities
Richmond
  750 - 1,000 3,000+ 310,000,000
42
Ralph Courage
UBS Financial Services Inc.
Norfolk
      3,750 3,000 - 10,000+ 225,000,000
43 Jane Brooke
Wachovia Securities
Richmond
  1,700 6,000 1,150,000,000
44
Sarah Cammiso
Merrill Lynch
Vienna
        1,000 - 2,000 3,000 - 8,000 263,000,000
45 Michael Puopolo
UBS Financial Services Inc.
Virginia Beach
      750 3,000 179,000,000
 
Retail advisers
  Name
Firm
Location
Retail High
Net Worth
Ultra High
Net Worth
Foun-
dations
Endow-
ments
Small Busnesses Typical Amount Size
Typical Net Worth Team
Total Assets
1
Ric Edelman
Edelman Financial Services LLC
Fairfax
350 800 - 1,500+ 3,300,000,000
2
Brenda Blisk
Blisk Financial Group
McLean
      1,600 15,000 210,000,000
3
Russell Cesari
Northwest Financial LLC
Herndon
        100 - 400 1,000 - 1,500 220,000,000
4
Nadine Van Orsdel
Smith Barney
McLean
500 1,500 - 2,000 255,884,000
5
James McIntire Jr.
Morgan Stanley
Vienna
        400 1,000 - 2,000 183,000,000

 


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