Top Wealth + Best-in-State · rank 2 · Cincinnati, Ohio · listed firm: UBS Private Wealth Management
Identity & firm
- Firm — UBS Private Wealth Management (high)
- “UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.” — sec_finra_regulatory
- “Successful families, entrepreneurs and executives choose The Ellis Group to oversee their financial world year after year.” — firm_official
- Parent company — UBS Group AG (high)
- “UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.” — sec_finra_regulatory
- Firm type — wirehouse (high)
- “UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.” — sec_finra_regulatory
- Team name — The Ellis Group (high)
- “Successful families, entrepreneurs and executives choose The Ellis Group to oversee their financial world year after year.” — firm_official
- Team size — 9 (medium)
- “David Ellis Managing Director Financial Advisor” — firm_official
- CRD — 724283 (high)
- “"individualId": 724283, "firstName": "DAVID", "middleName": "WILLIAM", "lastName": "ELLIS", "nameSuffix": "III"” — sec_finra_regulatory
- Years experience — 45 (high)
- “"daysInIndustryCalculatedDate": "2/22/1981"” — sec_finra_regulatory
- “With more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, David’s team provides dynamic asset management and wealth management services for individuals, families and organizations with substantial wealth.” — firm_official
- Designations — CPA (high)
- “David holds the Series 7, 24, 63 and 65 securities licenses and as a non-practicing CPA brings comprehensive wealth planning insight to his practice.” — firm_official
Book of business
- Team AUM ($M) — 3400 (high)
- “Team Assets (Custodied): $3.4B” — forbes_shook
- Account minimum ($M) — 2 (high)
- “Minimum Account Size for New Business: $2M” — forbes_shook
- Typical client net worth ($M) — 10 (high)
- “Typical Net Worth of Relationships: $2-10M” — forbes_shook
- Client niche — successful families, entrepreneurs and executives with substantial wealth (high)
- “Successful families, entrepreneurs and executives choose The Ellis Group to oversee their financial world year after year.” — firm_official
- “David’s team provides dynamic asset management and wealth management services for individuals, families and organizations with substantial wealth.” — firm_official
- Custodians — gap: not_applicable
- Fee model — fee_plus_commission (medium)
- “David holds the Series 7, 24, 63 and 65 securities licenses and as a non-practicing CPA brings comprehensive wealth planning insight to his practice.” — firm_official
Positioning & marketing
- Website url — https://advisors.ubs.com/ellisgroup/ (high)
- “The Ellis Group - Cincinnati, OH | UBS” — firm_official
- Value proposition (verbatim) — Your financial world. And beyond. Successful families, entrepreneurs and executives choose The Ellis Group to oversee their financial world year after year. We are diligent and focused Private Wealth Advisors who not only care about what matters to you, but our meticulous process leaves no stone unturned when it comes to structuring a thoughtful plan and creating solutions to help you pursue your goals. (high)
- “Your financial world. And beyond. Private Wealth Management Successful families, entrepreneurs and executives choose The Ellis Group to oversee their financial world year after year. We are diligent and focused Private W” — firm_official
- Differentiators — "our meticulous process leaves no stone unturned", Non-practicing CPA credential brings comprehensive wealth planning insight, 30+ years of experience in financial services, Team specialists in portfolio construction, manager due diligence and risk analysis, In-house CFP®/CDFA planning and corporate retirement planning expertise (high)
- “We are diligent and focused Private Wealth Advisors who not only care about what matters to you, but our meticulous process leaves no stone unturned when it comes to structuring a thoughtful plan and creating solutions t” — firm_official
- “As a member of the team, Adam focuses on portfolio construction and management, as well as investment manager due diligence. Adam also implements asset allocation strategies and manages the portfolio risk analysis for th” — firm_official
- Content marketing — none (medium)
- “The Ellis Group Home (current) Meet the team Contact” — firm_official
- Has podcast — no (medium)
- “The Ellis Group Home (current) Meet the team Contact” — firm_official
- Books published — 0 (low)
- “David earned his B.S. in accounting from Syracuse University and is Chairman Emeritus of Gradison.” — firm_official
- Linkedin url — https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-ellis-17805128 (high)
- Social presence — linkedin_active (low)
- Press awards — Barron's Top 250 Private Wealth Management Teams, 2024, 2025, Barron's Top 1,200 Financial Advisors, 2014-2025, Barron's Top 1,500 Financial Advisors, 2026, Barron's Top 1,000 Financial Advisors, 2009-2013, Barron's Top Wealth Advisor for the state of Ohio (2020) (high)
- “Barron’s Top 250 Private Wealth Management Teams, 2024, 2025” — firm_official
- “Barron's Top 1,200 Financial Advisors, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025” — firm_official
Visual brand
- Has distinct logo — no (high)
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- Logo url — https://advisors.ubs.com/ellisgroup/mediahandler/media/321450/UBS_Logo_Semibold.svg (high)
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- Visual brand notes — Standard UBS corporate template: white ground, UBS red accent, Frutiger-style corporate sans, three-keys wordmark. Wordmark-only team identity; imagery is UBS stock lifestyle photography plus square studio headshots of each member. (high)
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