Mapping your ascent

High achievers focus with intent — planning, advancing, summiting, reflecting, and exploring the next endeavor in their business and in life.

Summiting a mountain is a complex process.  You need clarity in a plan.

Climbers rely on a trusted team to plan, communicate clearly, and execute.

Who do you trust to support you on your journey?

Our clients

Strong, deep-rooted relationships founded on trust and transparency are the cornerstone of our business and driving force behind everything we do at Wittenberg Partners.  We have grounded our business on understanding our clients’ unique objectives and aligning with their concerns and interests. 

We strive to understand our clients on a deeper level, both personally and financially, and to be there for them in every aspect of their lives.

What you care about, we care about.

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Advice for business owners & entrepreneurs

Your family’s values and legacy

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Your family’s values and legacy

Passing your wealth on to others

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Passing your wealth on to others

Making a lasting difference

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Making a lasting difference

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Multigenerational families require skilled advice and guidance. We have deep experience working with families of substantial wealth and can help you navigate the complexities and challenges that come with multiple generations and jurisdictions—all with the goal of ensuring that you are well positioned to optimize your wealth.

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For families with substantial wealth, having an experienced team to help you thoughtfully address how to pass your wealth to others can make all the difference. We have deep experience advising multigenerational families on the strategies to help maximize your wealth’s impact, now and for the future.

We can help you develop a plan for passing on your wealth to future generations that makes sense for your family, while also aligning with your overall objectives and investment goals.

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We understand that using your wealth to transform lives and make a positive impact is an important part of any legacy—at any stage in your wealth creation.

Let us work with you to shape your giving strategy and ensure that it has the impact you envision. When it makes sense, we can draw on the expertise of UBS’s Family Advisory and Philanthropy Services group to help ensure that your philanthropic plan is thoughtfully aligned with your overall wealth plan and legacy.

Integrated advice

Our team advises families, family offices, and foundations on issues associated with multi-generation wealth preservation and management. We focus on delivering turnkey solutions to our clients on areas such as asset allocation, investment management, wealth planning, and philanthropic giving. Our goal is to serve as an internal family office for each of our clients, advising on any issue that touches their lives personally, professionally, or financially. 

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Creating a legacy for your family’s future

Delivering opportunity through collaboration

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Specialized centers of excellence provide you and your family with the expertise that is most relevant to your wealth and goals. Their insights focus on broad themes and trends as well as successful tactical ideas and strategies.

Delivering opportunity through collaboration

Family Office Consultants

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Family Office Consultants

Tailored family office services

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Tailored family office services

Family Office Solutions

Family Office Solutions

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Our team is one of a very select number of teams within UBS to have earned the UBS Family Office Consultant (FOC) designation. The FOC designation is limited to teams with a track record of understanding the highly specialized needs of exceptional, multigenerational families and aligning them to the full suite of the firm’s capabilities.

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Family offices are as different as the families they serve—one size does not fit all. Our team brings decades of experience to helping navigate financial, business and family interests as you seek to align your investment management and planning.

To address the wide-ranging needs family offices face every day, we serve as your single point of contact, helping to coordinate resources and expertise from across the firm, including the Investment Bank and Asset Management divisions.

Customized advice with a multigenerational approach exclusively for centimillionaire and billionaire clients who require bespoke and holistic advisory solutions. Their original thought leadership provides keen insight borne from countless conversations with prominent families.

Defining your priorities. Pursuing what matters.

We recognize that a lasting relationship starts by listening and understanding your priorities and concerns. We’ll work together to look at the big picture, discuss your vision for the future and help you confidently pursue your life goals.

Meet the team

  • Eric A. Wittenberg

    Eric A. Wittenberg, CIMA, CEPA

    Managing Director–Wealth Management

    Financial Advisor

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    “We strive to understand our clients on a deeper level, both personally and financially, and to collaborate with them to lead a more fulfilled life.”

    For more than 34 years, Eric has been an advisor to a diverse group of clients ranging from family offices, entrepreneurs and corporate executives, to clients in the entertainment industry, foundations and endowments.  His knowledge encompasses all dimensions of a client’s life, including investments, business, passion and legacy.  As a Family Office Consultant, Eric empowers families, helping to define the core values that unite successive generations for preserving and sustaining wealth.

    Eric leads the team’s due diligence process for all investments. He is passionate about analyzing changing trends in the economic, political, and financial environment and understanding how these shifting dynamics impact clients’ lives and portfolios. Having guided clients through multiple economic cycles, Eric draws upon his deep experience to construct portfolios that can help mitigate risk and capitalize on opportunities.

    Previous experience 

    • Credit Suisse Private Bank
    • Wachovia
    • Salomon Smith Barney

    Designations

    • Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA®)
    • Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA)
    • Series 7 and 66 Licenses
    • Life, accident and health insurance licenses

    Life 

    • Co-chair of the annual New York International Auto Show Gala, a benefit for East Side House.
    • In 2020, he cofounded the Farms to Food Banks initiative, a program created to feed hungry New Yorkers.
    • Supports the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and other charities.
    • Eric is a member of Alder, an organization dedicated to exploring the challenges facing our society and igniting generational leadership.
    • Eric is a classic car enthusiast and has participated in numerous rallies throughout the United States and Europe. He also enjoys cycling and skiing.
    • He resides in Bedford, NY with his wife, Coco, and son, Xander.
    • Forbes America's Top Wealth Advisors, 2025The Forbes rating is compiled by Shook Research and awarded annually in April based on information from a 12 month period ending June of the prior year.
    • Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025The Forbes rating is compiled by Shook Research and awarded annually in April based on information from a 12 month period ending June of the prior year.

        1285 Avenue Of The Americas
        New York, NY 10019
        eric.wittenberg@ubs.com
        Eric A. Wittenberg, CIMA, CEPA
        1285 Avenue Of The Americas,New York,NY,10019
      • Thomas Johnson

        Thomas Johnson, CFA, CAIA, CSRIC

        Financial Advisor

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        “We listen and work to understand your goals, your objectives, and your constraints. Once understood, we strive to provide custom tailored solutions for each client.”

        As a Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) and Senior Wealth Strategy Associate, Thomas works with the senior partners on investment analysis and portfolio construction. He is responsible for broad investment due diligence and client tailored asset allocations.

        Thomas joined Wittenberg Partners in 2014 after graduating from University of Virginia with a BA in Economics. In addition to the CFA charter, Thomas holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst and Chartered SRI Counselor (sustainable, responsible, and impact) designations.

        Thomas's passion for mathematics, rigorous critical thinking and enthusiasm for life enables deep connections with clients while putting their needs first and always striving to achieve the best possible outcome.

        Previous experience

        • Credit Suisse Private Bank

        Designations

        • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
        • Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst® (CAIA®)
        • Chartered SRI CounselorTM (CSRICTM)
        • Series 7 and 66 Licenses
        • Notary public

        Life

        • Thomas enjoys soccer, running, lacrosse and water sports.
        • His favorite sports teams include the Denver Broncos, Real Madrid and any UVA Team.
        • He is an avid reader and specifically loves reading biographies and the classics while listening to music.
        • Thomas lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife, Jennifer, son, Owen and dog, Harper.

              1150 17th Street
              Washington, D.C., DC 20036
              thomas.l.johnson@ubs.com
              Thomas Johnson, CFA, CAIA, CSRIC
              1150 17th Street,Washington, D.C.,DC,20036
            • Jay Travers

              Jay Travers, CFP

              Wealth Strategy Associate

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              "No two days of working with our clients are the same. The ability to create personal relationships with them is very rewarding .”

              Jay's work includes operational execution, asset allocation analysis, and investment implementation. Jay also works on the implementation of Alternative Investments into client portfolios. He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional and is trained in various financial planning topics including investment, retirement and estate planning.

              Before joining Wittenberg Partners, Jay was an analyst at Astor Realty Capital and Berko & Associates, a commercial real estate private equity and brokerage firm. He uses his analytical mindset and detail oriented processes to help clients in any way he can.

              Previous Experience

              • Astor Realty Capital
              • Berko & Associates
              • Guy Carpenter

              Education

              • B.S., Economics, Minor in Accounting, John Jay College

              Designations, registrations and accolades

              • Series 7 License
              • Series 66 License
              • CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™

              Life

              • Jay is a passionate New York Rangers and New York Jets fan as well as a fan of all New York sports teams
              • His other interests include listening to music, watching and playing golf, and collecting sports memorabilia.
              • Jay is Irish American and is from Woodlawn, an Irish neighborhood north of New York City.

               

                    1285 Avenue Of The Americas
                    New York, NY 10019
                    jay.travers@ubs.com
                    Jay Travers, CFP
                    1285 Avenue Of The Americas,New York,NY,10019

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