Tad WaldbauerTad Waldbauer, CFP^®, AIF^®

Managing Director

Wealth Partner

Tad Waldbauer is a Managing Director and Wealth Partner with J.P. Morgan Wealth Management. As a partner of the Amato-Waldbauer Group, he leverages his deep entrepreneurial experience to provide advisory guidance that addresses the personal financial complexities of business owners, corporate executive and high-net-worth families. In 2021 and 2020, Tad was recognized as a Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Advisor.¹

Tad employs a disciplined process to help grow and preserve significant assets. His wealth management strategies target personalized needs and are tailored to the individual. Tad's proficiencies extend beyond asset management and he helps organize the important elements of each client's financial life into a single and integrated plan—corporate retirement approaches, trust & estate strategies, mortgages and lending. He is committed to managing relationships with the utmost trust and integrity.

Prior to his career in wealth planning, Tad ran a multi-generational family business. Under his leadership, the company grew from a local establishment to a distribution and retail powerhouse that employed 200 people in 12 locations. When the business was sold in 1999, Tad segued naturally into wealth management to assist other owners of privately held companies with the full breadth of the financial challenges they face on a daily basis. He joined J.P. Morgan in 2018 to provide the team's clients with direct access to the global resources of one of the most renowned financial institutions in the world.

Tad attended Boston College, where he earned a B.S. in Finance and Marketing. He is a graduate of the Executive Leadership Program at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Tad holds the Certified Financial PlannerTM designation, which empowers him to develop wealth management strategies that target short and long-term goals. Tad also holds the Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF) designation, which demonstrates his knowledge of and ability to apply Fiduciary Practices.

Residents of New York and Florida, Tad and his wife of 30 years have three adult children. In his free time, he is a public speaker on topics such as liquidity management and business succession.

Tad's passion for working with clients is equaled only by his dedication to philanthropic endeavors. He has played an influential role in his community at many organizations close to his heart.

• Long Island YMCA–Board of Directors
• Teamsters 239 Welfare and Pension Fund–Trustee
• Fleet Bank–Board of Advisors
• Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey–Board of Directors
• Somerset Hills YMCA–Chairman, Board of Directors
• Martin County Boys & Girls Club–Board of Trustees