Ethan LeffEthan Leff, CFA®Investment Associate
About Ethan
Ethan Leff is an Investment Associate at J.P. Morgan Wealth Management.
As a co-leader of The Babrick Team, Ethan provides tailored wealth management advice to company founders, entrepreneurs, senior executives and institutions, offering reliable leadership and focused attention to pursue clients' ambitions more effectively. He works in concert with his colleagues to advance deft coordination across multiple facets of client wealth, resulting in a more purposeful approach to the complexities that substantial wealth can pose.
Prior to moving to J.P. Morgan Wealth Management with his team in 2023, Ethan was an Associate Wealth Manager at First Republic Investment Management, where he worked for four years. Earlier, Ethan spent a year at Goldman Sachs in its Investment Management Division within Private Wealth Management, working in the San Francisco and Los Angeles offices.
Ethan earned his B.S.B.A. in Finance from Drexel University, where he graduated cum laude and completed its co-op program.
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