Bill King

Bill King

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Bill King was Managing Director and International Wealth Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. King was a 37-year Merrill Lynch lifer and a leading broker of Merrill Lynch’s King Conley Group before he resigned in 2023 while under review over potential unsuitable and unauthorized trades. His group developed strategies that build and preserve wealth, providing services such as asset management, insurance, retirement, and estate planning.

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MERRILL LYNCH

  • King spent over 35 years as a top-ranked Merrill Lynch broker. He co-led a team managing over $1.4 billion in client assets.

  • His group developed strategies that build and preserve wealth, and provided services such as asset management, insurance, retirement, and estate planning.

  • He resigned voluntarily amid complaints from at least 10 customers who raised concerns about mismanagement of their accounts.


RECOGNITIONS

  • Barron's Top 1,200 Financial Advisors, 2011-2020

  • Forbes America's Top Wealth Advisors, 2019-2022

  • Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors, 2019-2022


COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

  • Indian River Community Foundation

  • Grand Harbor Outreach

  • Habitat for Humanity

  • Hibiscus Children's Center

  • United Against Poverty

  • Vero Beach Orchestra Boosters