Thomas Tournat is a Private Wealth Advisor at Merrill Private Wealth Management. He specializes in diversification strategies for large single-stock positions, as well as trust and estate planning strategies. Since beginning his advisory career in 1989, he has advised high-net-worth clients and prior to joining Merrill in 1999, he was a Vice President at J.P. Morgan Securities in Los Angeles. His professional experience also includes roles with a commercial investment real estate firm and the M&A group of a global accounting firm.
Mr. Tournat holds an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA and a Bachelor's degree in business economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He has received recognition in several industry rankings, including Barron's Top 100 Financial Advisors in 2023 and inclusion in Forbes' Best-In-State Wealth Advisors list in 2024. He holds professional designations as a Personal Investment Advisor (PIA) and specializes in Sports & Entertainment financial advisory services.
He is involved with several organizations, including Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Manhattan Beach Education Foundation, Notre Dame University, and UC San Diego. Mr. Tournat is a member of the President's Circle at the University of Notre Dame. Outside of work, he enjoys skiing, snowboarding, surfing, and spending time outdoors with his wife and three children.