Keith Mericka

Keith joined UBS in 1987 after starting his career with Morgan Stanley in 1983. In 1990 Keith co-founded UBS’s national Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) practice. He has advised hundreds of private and family business owners and helped create more than $6 billion in value. In 2008 he and his team transitioned to UBS Private Wealth Management, the firm’s Ultra High Net Worth division focused on providing holistic wealth management advice to owners of private companies seeking to monetize a lifetime of hard work as tax efficiently as possible. Keith and his team are fiduciaries and advisors to ~ 60 exceptional families, responsible for managing $3.2B of family wealth – all resulting from a liquidity event.

Keith is a longstanding member of The ESOP Association, where he serves on the Finance Committee and a member of the National Center for Employee Ownership. For many years he has been an author and frequent speaker on a variety of subjects and is universally regarded as a thought leader and the foremost expert of section 1042 tax-deferred sales and ESOP cash and investment management. UBS has repeatedly recognized Keith as a member of the UBS Pinnacle Council and UBS Global Circle of Excellence-the highest recognition for productivity and leadership. ​