Rebecca Rothstein

Managing Director & Private Wealth Advisor; Merrill Private Wealth Management

Rebecca Rothstein works with high-net-worth individuals, families, and institutions, helping them advance their wealth management goals. She began her career as a financial advisor in 1987 at Bear Stearns. She spent ten years with Deutsche Bank Alex Brown and thirteen years with Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management (formerly Smith Barney) before joining Merrill. As a Managing Director and Private Wealth Advisor in Merrill Private Wealth Management, Rebecca focuses on wealth management, tax minimization, and estate planning strategies for affluent clients. She also works with corporate officers, devising liquidity and diversification strategies for concentrated positions.

Rebecca has garnered a number of national honors as a financial advisor. Barron’s magazine named her one of the Top 100 Financial Advisors in America from 2007 successively through 2012.1 Barron’s also named Rebecca one of the Top 100 Women Financial Advisors in America from the inception of the list in 2006 successively through 2012, profiling her in the 2012 issue.2 In 2017 and 2019, Rebecca was recognized by the national publication Forbes which named her one of "America's Top Wealth Advisors3." In 2018-22, Rebecca was again recognized by Forbes, which named her the #1 of "Top Women Wealth Advisors4."

Rebecca is very active in the community. She is the Chairman of the Board and Founder of Teen Cancer America (a global charity founded by Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend). She is also a board member of the Early Childhood Partial Hospitalization Program (ECPHP) at UCLA, which helps children who have been diagnosed with autism, developmental disabilities, and behavior disorders; and she was previously a board member of the UCLA Health System.

In her free time, Rebecca enjoys cooking, sailing, and participating in a number of charitable efforts. She has four sons and lives in Beverly Hills, California, with her husband Ron.

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