John David Hampton is a Wealth Management Advisor with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. He has been serving clients since 1999 and joined Merrill Lynch in 2005. His role includes managing individual wealth through multiple and complex market cycles, and as a Senior Portfolio Advisor, he manages custom investment strategies on a discretionary basis. John David works primarily with high-net-worth individuals and families, focusing on understanding their financial situations, risk tolerances, time horizons, and liquidity needs to develop aligned financial strategies. He integrates personalized service with investment insights from Merrill Lynch and access to banking services through Bank of America.
John David holds the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER4 professional certification and a bachelor's degree from the University of Kentucky, obtained in 1998. His expertise encompasses various financial planning areas including college education planning, family wealth management strategies, personal retirement planning, philanthropic planning, portfolio management, tax minimization, and small business strategies. He has been recognized as a member of The Bielski, Bielski & Hampton Group on the Forbes "Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams" list for multiple years.
Outside of his professional work, John David and his wife, Julie, have three sons and are active in their community and church, First Baptist Church in Corpus Christi, TX. As an Eagle Scout, he serves as an adult leader with the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts of America. He is also involved in community initiatives such as Making Strides Against Breast Cancer with the American Cancer Society and Scouting for Food with the Corpus Christi Food Bank.