Richard Glaser is a Senior Financial Advisor with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. Since rejoining Merrill Lynch in 2006, he leverages his background in investment banking, private equity, and entrepreneurship to provide clients with specialized wealth management strategies. Richard focuses on executive compensation, equity compensation services, family wealth management, personal retirement planning, and small business strategies, helping clients to preserve and prudently grow their wealth while developing long-term relationships as a trusted financial advisor.
Before his current role, Richard worked as an investment banker in Merrill Lynch's mergers and acquisitions department and spent much of his career as a private equity investor and director of various companies. He has also served as an adjunct professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology, teaching entrepreneurship to graduate students. His involvement in the entrepreneurial and economic development communities includes co-founding Digital Rochester, serving on several boards such as the Greater Rochester Enterprise and the Rochester Angel Network, and participating in regional economic development councils.
Richard holds a bachelor's degree from Haverford College and a master's degree from Columbia University's School of International Affairs. He has also studied at the London School of Economics and Middlebury College. Outside of his professional activities, Richard lives in Rochester with his children, Max and Lily, and dedicates time to volunteering with local organizations.