Jerel Patch
Advisor at Merrill — Pittsburgh, PA 600 Grant St
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Credentials
Series 66
Experience Industry experience
10 years
Location
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Merrill
Institution
Jerel Patch is a Wealth Management Advisor with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, where he has built a career since 1989. He serves as a founding member of The JB Group, advising a select group of affluent client families nationwide, including senior executives, business owners, and landowners across various industries. He emphasizes a boutique level of personalized wealth management, leveraging his deep expertise to align the efforts of clients' CPAs, attorneys, and firm specialists in addressing complex, multi-generational financial challenges such as wealth transfer, legacy planning, and philanthropic strategies.
Jerel holds multiple professional designations, including Certified Private Wealth Advisor (CPWA®), Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA®), Chartered Retirement Plans Specialist (CRPS™), and Certified Plan Fiduciary Advisor (CPFA®), among others awarded by recognized industry organizations. His educational background includes a Bachelor's degree in International Political Economy from Colorado College and an MBA in Finance and Accounting from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Committed to community involvement, Jerel founded a group within his office to facilitate colleague participation in charitable organizations focused on hospice care, cancer, mental healthcare, and dyslexia. He and his wife Rachel, a retired oncology nurse and hospice volunteer, live in Denver where they engage in outdoor activities such as golfing, hiking, skiing, and fly fishing.
Based on Merrill
SEC-reported: Commissions on certain transactions, including foreign securities and fixed income; mark-ups, markdowns and dealer spreads may apply to some trades.
Pittsburgh, PA 600 Grant St
600 Grant St
Pittsburgh PA 15219
Advisors at this office
51
Pennsylvania · Texas · West Virginia
10 years of industry experience
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2026 - Present • 1 year
Pittsburgh, PA
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2019 - Present • 7 years
Pittsburgh, PA
PNC Bank
2019 - 2019 • 1 year
Pittsburgh, PA
PNC investments
2016 - 2019 • 3 years
Pittsburgh, PA
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