RALPH BYER — LONGTIME WEALTH MANAGER WITH MERRILL LYNCH IN FLORIDA

Based in Plantation, Florida, Ralph Byer has been a managing director and wealth management advisor with Merrill Lynch for nearly four decades. Emphasizing tailored solutions, Ralph Byer and his Wealth Management Group work closely with corporations and families in delivering coordinated pathways to wealth preservation and growth.

The Byer Wealth Management Group excels at legacy planning that employs a comprehensive, multi-structured approach. Globally blended, diversified asset classes are combined through value and growth strategies, and portfolios are periodically rebalanced, with an emphasis on minimizing tax liability.

Mr. Byer holds a BA in psychology earned at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and completed his MA in gerontology at the University of South Florida. He maintains a strong local presence focused on children’s charities. Among the nonprofits he supports are the United Way, the Community Foundation of Broward, and Jewish Adoption and Family Care Options. The latter organization works to support neglected and abused kids across South Florida.