Lee Nesser is a Senior Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management and serves as the senior advisor for the Nesser | Sheft Group. With over 21 years of experience, Lee provides wealth management and goals-based strategies to high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, trusts, and not-for-profits. His practice focuses on the integration of wealth advisory, asset allocation, and trust and estate planning services, working closely with clients' other trusted advisors to address investing and lending needs.
Lee specializes in advising clients on asset allocation, portfolio construction, and opportunistic investing, targeting areas such as college education planning, corporate executive services, equity compensation services, family wealth management strategies, and legacy planning. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Management from Binghamton University and an MBA from the University of Colorado System, and he has earned the Personal Investment Advisor (PIA) designation.
He is a member of professional organizations including the Bank of America NYC Metro Chapter of the LGBTQ+ Pride Employee Network, the Bank of America Women's Exchange New York Chapter, and the Crestmont Country Club in West Orange, New Jersey. Lee resides in Short Hills, New Jersey, with his wife Laurie and their two children. His personal interests include baseball, cooking, fishing, football, golfing, hiking, music, skiing, soccer, and spending time with his family.