Samuel Cherny

Sam Cherny is a Vice President and Senior Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. Based in the firm’s flagship Fifth Avenue office in New York City, Sam leads a seasoned advisory team that supports high net worth individuals, families, and small businesses across the country.

Sam brings a well-rounded perspective to wealth management. He identifies gaps and inefficiencies in clients’ current financial lives, and leverages the firm’s expansive suite of solutions to help clients improve their odds of success towards meeting their goals. By focusing on each client’s time horizon, liquidity needs, and tax considerations, Sam builds customized financial plans designed to help them move confidently toward their long-term objectives.

With over 100 years of combined experience in the Henneck/Cherny Group, including two dedicated client associates and a network of specialists across the firm, we support our clients with services ranging from investment management to personal banking, Trust and Estate planning, and insurance/Long Term Care. Many of the relationships Sam’s team manages span generations — we are now proudly working with the fourth generation of some families.

Sam earned a double major in Personal Finance and Economics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He lives on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and enjoys watching documentaries, working out, snowboarding, and taking his mini Australian Shepherd, Roo, for walks in Central Park. A proud Wisconsin native, he’s an avid fan of the Packers, Badgers, Brewers, and Bucks.