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Comprehensive wealth management for business owners
We are committed to helping business owners transform their hard work, creativity and ambitions into wealth that endures. We have structured our team around the specialized needs of privately held business owners, their families and their employees. We can offer guidance, strategies and solutions for the entire life cycle of your business, from inception through growth to exit—and beyond.
The interplay of your business and personal finances requires a team that understands the specific needs of business owners. Our team’s mission is to guide business owners as they journey from growing and reaping the rewards of their hard work, to selling their business and making an impact on the people and causes they care about. With this focus we can help you manage your financial life as a whole, take your business to the next level, consider all your options for exiting and design a plan for life post-sale.
Over the nearly two decades of helping clients manage their wealth, John's core belief is in the power of the human spirit to continuously innovate. This has been a beacon for those around him through good times and bad.
John has built a reputation for seeking out ways to expand his expertise to better serve the needs of his clients. Through this dedication he's earned the Certified Private Wealth Advisor®, Certified Portfolio Manager®, Chartered Retirement Plans Specialist®, and Certified Exit Planning Advisor® designations. All of which are leveraged to provide the highest level of family wealth management, corporate qualified plan advisory, retirement planning, and portfolio construction, and business transition/exit planning.
After graduating from San Diego State University with a B.A. in Liberal Arts and Sciences Journalism, John sought out the fast pace world of Silicon Valley startups. When the company was eventually acquired he returned to SoCal to embark on his mission to advise clients as they journey from success to significance. Today their twins, Jack and Lizzie, keep him active with sporting events, golf, and fitness. Outside of John's labor of love, his passions include faith, reading, and fine wine.
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To continue offering the highest level of service to both current and prospective clients, Tyler joined The Willis Group in 2019. Growing up with both parents owning businesses in the construction and aerospace industries, he was exposed to the dedication required to run a successful business from an early age. He sought to take this entrepreneurial drive and channel it into helping business owners create a lasting legacy.
Through our team's discovery process, Tyler aims to provide innovative solutions tailored towards high net worth business owners. As part of the "rising generation", he strives to remain on the cutting edge of technological advances that will ultimately benefit our clients. His focus is to be a trusted resource for business owner before, during, and after a business sale/transition. To help achieve clients' goals he assists in deploying formal financial planning, advanced corporate retirement plans, business valuations, pre/post-sale business tax and estate planning strategies, investment banking solutions, and charitable vehicles.
As a San Diego local, Tyler is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys traveling, fishing, and fitness. He is an alumnus of the University of San Diego with a B.B.A. in Finance and holds both the Series 7 and 66 securities licenses.
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Dee began her career in the financial services industry in 2004 and has been with UBS since 2007 as a Senior Registered Client Service Associate. She joined The Willis Group in the spring of 2019 and is responsible for the day-to-day operations and administration of the team's book of business. Her primary focus is to provide a first class experience in every situation she encounters with clients. Her favorite part of her role is interacting and getting to know clients and their families and witnessing firsthand the positive impact that the team provides to their over-all financial picture. She considers service to others as a virtue and value she holds dear to her heart and through her dedication, she received the Branch Leader Award in Client Service in 2011 and 2012.
Dee was born in Manila, Philippines and moved to the United States at age two. She was raised in San Diego County in a proud military family, spending her childhood living on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and later in Oceanside, CA where she now currently resides with her husband RJ and young son, Brixton. In her off-time she enjoys interior decorating, reading, cooking, and traveling with her family. She holds both the Series 7 and 66 securities licenses.
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Luis plays a key role on The Willis Group, working with clients and senior partners on investment analysis, trading and portfolio construction. Luis assists our team with investments operations, allowing his partners the increased opportunity to spend more time with clients and have more impactful conversations. He is also the liaison to our internal UBS Chief Investment Office and external research partners, providing tactical insights leveraged in client portfolios. Supporting clients in pursuing their investment objectives motivates Luis every day, and he takes pride in putting clients’ needs first, always striving to achieve the best possible outcomes.
Over the nearly two decades of helping clients manage their wealth, John's core belief is in the power of the human spirit to continuously innovate. This has been a beacon for those around him through good times and bad.
John has built a reputation for seeking out ways to expand his expertise to better serve the needs of his clients. Through this dedication he's earned the Certified Private Wealth Advisor®, Certified Portfolio Manager®, Chartered Retirement Plans Specialist®, and Certified Exit Planning Advisor® designations. All of which are leveraged to provide the highest level of family wealth management, corporate qualified plan advisory, retirement planning, and portfolio construction, and business transition/exit planning.
After graduating from San Diego State University with a B.A. in Liberal Arts and Sciences Journalism, John sought out the fast pace world of Silicon Valley startups. When the company was eventually acquired he returned to SoCal to embark on his mission to advise clients as they journey from success to significance. Today their twins, Jack and Lizzie, keep him active with sporting events, golf, and fitness. Outside of John's labor of love, his passions include faith, reading, and fine wine.
CA Insurance license #0D88538
To continue offering the highest level of service to both current and prospective clients, Tyler joined The Willis Group in 2019. Growing up with both parents owning businesses in the construction and aerospace industries, he was exposed to the dedication required to run a successful business from an early age. He sought to take this entrepreneurial drive and channel it into helping business owners create a lasting legacy.
Through our team's discovery process, Tyler aims to provide innovative solutions tailored towards high net worth business owners. As part of the "rising generation", he strives to remain on the cutting edge of technological advances that will ultimately benefit our clients. His focus is to be a trusted resource for business owner before, during, and after a business sale/transition. To help achieve clients' goals he assists in deploying formal financial planning, advanced corporate retirement plans, business valuations, pre/post-sale business tax and estate planning strategies, investment banking solutions, and charitable vehicles.
As a San Diego local, Tyler is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys traveling, fishing, and fitness. He is an alumnus of the University of San Diego with a B.B.A. in Finance and holds both the Series 7 and 66 securities licenses.
CA Insurance License #4029184
Dee began her career in the financial services industry in 2004 and has been with UBS since 2007 as a Senior Registered Client Service Associate. She joined The Willis Group in the spring of 2019 and is responsible for the day-to-day operations and administration of the team's book of business. Her primary focus is to provide a first class experience in every situation she encounters with clients. Her favorite part of her role is interacting and getting to know clients and their families and witnessing firsthand the positive impact that the team provides to their over-all financial picture. She considers service to others as a virtue and value she holds dear to her heart and through her dedication, she received the Branch Leader Award in Client Service in 2011 and 2012.
Dee was born in Manila, Philippines and moved to the United States at age two. She was raised in San Diego County in a proud military family, spending her childhood living on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and later in Oceanside, CA where she now currently resides with her husband RJ and young son, Brixton. In her off-time she enjoys interior decorating, reading, cooking, and traveling with her family. She holds both the Series 7 and 66 securities licenses.
CA Insurance license #0K63802
Luis plays a key role on The Willis Group, working with clients and senior partners on investment analysis, trading and portfolio construction. Luis assists our team with investments operations, allowing his partners the increased opportunity to spend more time with clients and have more impactful conversations. He is also the liaison to our internal UBS Chief Investment Office and external research partners, providing tactical insights leveraged in client portfolios. Supporting clients in pursuing their investment objectives motivates Luis every day, and he takes pride in putting clients’ needs first, always striving to achieve the best possible outcomes.
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Eligibility is based on quantitative factors and is not necessarily related to the quality of the investment advice. For more information on third party rating methodologies, please visit ubs.com/us/en/designation-disclosures.
Our solutions can be as unique as the families and business owners we work with. You articulate your goals and we’ll help you figure out the steps for achieving them.
Money management that puts your best interests first
Our disciplined planning process drives a highly personalized investment strategy. Serving as your discretionary portfolio manager or working with select third-party investment managers, we offer timely perspectives, customized portfolios and a fully integrated suite of financial solutions.
A focus on asset allocation and risk management. By listening and aligning with your objectives, we can craft an asset allocation based on your family’s goals, growth and income needs. This allows us to craft an asset allocation that seeks to lower volatility while maintaining an opportunistic eye toward investments and changes in the market.
Your personalized portfolio. Many clients prefer to delegate the day-to-day management of their assets. Ongoing monitoring and review of your portfolio helps us track your investments against all benchmarks. When we take on discretionary management of your portfolio, we are transparent about our fiduciary responsibility.
Open access and analysis. Through our open platform, we can offer premium financial solutions both within and outside of UBS. This access, along with a disciplined process, ensures we develop customized strategies based on highly-focused analysis.
Insights for each generation. We offer timely perspectives that drive a fully integrated suite of financial solutions. We help prepare each family member to collectively manage, sustain and grow their wealth across multiple generations and we will work with your tax and legal advisors to develop tax-advantaged solutions.
Our process takes you from the initial stages of exit or succession planning all the way through the transaction close. We develop a personalized strategy to help manage the proceeds and pursue your future financial goals—and life goals after you step away.
We focus on a collaborative approach that looks at all of the moving parts of your retirement plan. This assessment helps us make more informed and tailored recommendations about streamlining design, provisions, budgets, regulatory compliance recordkeeping and, most important, retirement planning education for employees.
Are you considering an exit from your business? From investment banking to business transition planning to post-liquidity wealth management, we have the experience to help you with your future plans for your business. We can connect you to the resources you need to solve any challenge that may arise.
Partnering with resources across UBS, including the Global Family Office, the Family Office Services Group as well as our global investment bank, we integrate institutional-level business solutions for family offices. From family governance to business transition, we help bridge the generations to preserve wealth, seize opportunity and create continuity.
As they say, “failing to plan is planning to fail.” Learn how planning for the personal side of a liquidity event, both before and after the transaction, you can help mitigate risks.
Erik Seeney, Wealth Planning Strategist, UBS is joined by Lisa Snyder, Wealth Planning Strategist, UBS who will share key insights that include: Warning signs for wealthy families facing the ‘third generation rule’, How families can prepare future generations for the transfer of wealth, and Creating a culture of gratitude within multi-generational wealthy families.
A road map to help facilitate the process
Often, the process of selling a business is unknown to the business owner. This may leave them vulnerable to making significant mistakes. This brochure may serve as a general road map for facilitating the sale of a closely held business.
The five hallmarks of a successful sale
Move forward with confidence in possibly the biggest venture of your life. We can help advise and orchestrate your entire team of experts throughout the sale process and beyond.
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UBS is a leading and truly global wealth manager
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