George BuzaGeorge Buza, CFP^®

Managing Director, Client Specialist

George Buza is a Managing Director and Client Specialist at J.P. Morgan Wealth Management.

George delivers comprehensive wealth management strategies to high-net-worth individuals. He seeks to deepen and add value to client relationships by understanding their objectives and aligning J.P. Morgan's resources to help meet their needs.

Drawing on J.P. Morgan's depth of capabilities and the intellectual strength of its specialists, George assists his clients with planning, investments, cash flow guidance, complex wealth transfer scenarios, philanthropic advisory and fiduciary services. He understands the challenges of the current economic environment and offers J.P. Morgan's fortress balance sheet to help individuals keep their financial goals on track. He is known for his objective perspective and for communicating sophisticated topics in comprehensible terms so that clients may understand the value-added benefits of his recommendations.

George's current role at J.P. Morgan is modeled after the position he held for 18 years at First Republic Bank as Regional Managing Director and Wealth Advisor, where he advised clients on customized wealth management scenarios. Earlier, he was a Senior Financial Planner at U.S. Trust Company, evaluating, implementing and monitoring the tax, gift, and estate planning and asset allocation aspects of clients' wealth management scenarios. He also spent four years at MetLife in the institutional division that served senior corporate executives.

Exhibiting a strong interest in financial services since an Economics course in high school, he began work while in college at a firm that established financial advisory centers in credit unions within the entertainment industry.

George graduated from California State University Northridge, earning a B.A. in Economics. He completed the Personal Financial Planning program at the University of California at Los Angeles. He holds the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER^® (CFP^®) designation and is a member of the Financial Planning Association.

George and his wife live in the Los Angeles area with their two children, both of whom are venturing off to college. In his free time, he enjoys global travel with his family.