Ryan Follett is a Senior Financial Advisor with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. As a former educator, Ryan brings a unique approach to establishing long-range financial strategies for clients, personalized according to their risk tolerance, cash-flow needs, and time horizon. He enjoys educating clients on the different pathways to help ensure they are well-versed in the customized choices available to them to ultimately obtain the overall wealth milestones they strive toward.
Ryan began his Merrill career in 2019. Previously, he spent over three years working with corporate benefit programs, including equity compensation, defined benefit, defined contribution and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Before entering the financial services industry, Ryan taught mathematics to high school students and coached football, basketball, track, and tennis for 5 years, including in the Brazosport and Columbia-Brazoria Independent School Districts. A proud longhorn, he earned his B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin. Ryan is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, CFP® certificant, a designation awarded by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. He also holds the Accredited Asset Management Specialist™, AAMS™ designation through the College for Financial Planning Institutes Corp.
A native of Sweeny in Brazoria County, Ryan strives to give back to his community. He is a member of the Sweeny Independent School District Education Foundation and remains active in local service organizations and programs, such as Sweeny United, a summer program assisting elderly and high-needs families with rebuilding and revitalization projects.
Ryan resides in Sweeny with his wife, Jessica, and their two young sons.
My mission, first and foremost, is to understand you and what matters most to you. Armed with that information I can ask thoughtful questions -- listening carefully, then understanding in detail where your wealth stands today and where you'd like it to be tomorrow. I help you design and implement a personalized plan intended to help you and your family pursue financial goals while helping manage investment risk. My approach is to focus on potential solutions that can help turn goals into reality.
Bringing fresh perspectives to your financial life
The financial decisions you make today can help determine the future you build for yourself and your family. Carving a clear path forward starts with connecting your life and finances. A Merrill advisor provides access to the investing insights of Merrill and banking capabilities of Bank of America to help you make informed decisions as you pursue your goals.
