About Nadine Wong
Nadine Wong is an Executive Director with Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management in New York since 1991. As a Family Wealth Director, she focuses on helping to empower clients to achieve financial success through customized asset allocation, manager selection, risk management and family office resources. Her clients include high net worth individuals, family offices, foundations, and Emmy®, GRAMMY®, OSCAR®, Tony Award® and MacArthur “Genius Grant” Award recipients.
In 2018, Nadine was awarded to Forbes' inaugural list of Best-in-State Wealth Advisors1 and since then has been recognized annually through 2026 in this category. She also was awarded to Forbes’ America’s Top Women Wealth Advisors1 2017-2021 and Best-in-State Women Wealth Advisors1 2022-2026.2,3
Nadine is Co-Founder of Out on Broadway and formerly Co-Chair of the Multicultural Employee Networking Group She has been a guest speaker at Forbes, the Dramatists Guild, Social Impact Exchange, Barron’s and Morgan Stanley leadership events.
A passion for giving back, Nadine connects her network, to raise funds for non-profits such as Second Stage Theater, American Theatre Wing, Hispanic Federation, Brooklyn Children’s Theatre, Stuttering Association for the Young, Drama League and A.R.T.
In April 2025, Nadine joined the Board of Directors for New York Pops and was recognized at the 42nd Birthday Gala as their Corporate Honoree.
She is a Tony® voter, Trustee and Vice-Chair at the American Theatre Wing and Co-Chaired their 2017- 2023 Galas and Co-Chaired the 2013 Innocence Project Benefit. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Nadine was a Fashion Model with the Ford Modeling Agency and two-time national game show winner of “Concentration” and “Win, Lose or Draw”.
Nadine received her B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley in Architecture and M.B.A. in Finance from Columbia University.
2018-2026 Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Advisors
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded 2018-2026). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based 12-month period concluding in June of year prior to issuance of award.
2017-2026 Forbes America's Top Women Wealth Advisors & Forbes Top Women Wealth Advisors Best-In-State (formerly referred to as Forbes Top Women Wealth Advisors, Forbes America's Top Women Wealth Advisors)
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded 2017-2026). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based on 12-month period concluding in Sept of year prior to issuance of award.
In 2018, Nadine was awarded to Forbes' inaugural list of Best-in-State Wealth Advisors1 and since then has been recognized annually through 2026 in this category. She also was awarded to Forbes’ America’s Top Women Wealth Advisors1 2017-2021 and Best-in-State Women Wealth Advisors1 2022-2026.2,3
Nadine is Co-Founder of Out on Broadway and formerly Co-Chair of the Multicultural Employee Networking Group She has been a guest speaker at Forbes, the Dramatists Guild, Social Impact Exchange, Barron’s and Morgan Stanley leadership events.
A passion for giving back, Nadine connects her network, to raise funds for non-profits such as Second Stage Theater, American Theatre Wing, Hispanic Federation, Brooklyn Children’s Theatre, Stuttering Association for the Young, Drama League and A.R.T.
In April 2025, Nadine joined the Board of Directors for New York Pops and was recognized at the 42nd Birthday Gala as their Corporate Honoree.
She is a Tony® voter, Trustee and Vice-Chair at the American Theatre Wing and Co-Chaired their 2017- 2023 Galas and Co-Chaired the 2013 Innocence Project Benefit. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Nadine was a Fashion Model with the Ford Modeling Agency and two-time national game show winner of “Concentration” and “Win, Lose or Draw”.
Nadine received her B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley in Architecture and M.B.A. in Finance from Columbia University.
2018-2026 Forbes America's Top Women Wealth Advisors & Forbes Top Women Wealth Advisors Best-In-State (formerly referred to as Forbes Top Women Wealth Advisors, Forbes America's Top Women Wealth Advisors)
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded 2018-2026). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based on 12-month time period concluding in Sept of year prior to the issuance of the award.
2018-2026 Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Advisors
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded 2018-2026). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based 12-month period concluding in June of year prior to issuance of award.
2017-2026 Forbes America's Top Women Wealth Advisors & Forbes Top Women Wealth Advisors Best-In-State (formerly referred to as Forbes Top Women Wealth Advisors, Forbes America's Top Women Wealth Advisors)
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded 2017-2026). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based on 12-month period concluding in Sept of year prior to issuance of award.
Forbes awarded Nadine in 2018-2025, its inaugural list of Americas Top Women Wealth Advisors and Best-in-State Wealth Advisors, Financial Times 2017 Top 400 Financial Advisor – one of 56 in New York State. Morgan Stanley honored her with the inaugural 2014 Women of Achievement MAKERS award and Barron’s named her on the Top 100 Women Financial Advisers in the United States 2006-2010 and Top 100 New York Financial Advisors 2009.
Nadine is American Theatre Wing Vice Chair and Trustee and Centennial Gala Co-Chair. She is Co-Founder of Out on Broadway and formerly Co-Chair of the Multicultural Employee Networking Group. She has been a guest speaker at Forbes, the Dramatists Guild, Social Impact Exchange, Barron’s and Morgan Stanley leadership events.
A passion for giving back, Nadine connects her network, to raise funds for non-profits such as Second Stage Theater, American Theatre Wing, Hispanic Federation, Brooklyn Children’s Theatre, Stuttering Association for the Young, Drama League and A.R.T.
Among her civic activities, she formerly served as chair of development of the Drama League board and co-chair of the 2013 Innocence Project Benefit.
Early in her career, Nadine was a two-time game show winner of Classic Concentration and Win, Lose or Draw and former Fashion Model with the prestigious Ford Modeling Agency.
Nadine received her B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley and M.B.A. from Columbia University.
2018-2025 Forbes America's Top Women Wealth Advisors & Forbes Top Women Wealth Advisors Best-In-State (formerly referred to as Forbes Top Women Wealth Advisors, Forbes America's Top Women Wealth Advisors)
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded 2018-2025). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based on 12-month time period concluding in Sept of year prior to the issuance of the award.
2018-2025 Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Advisors
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded 2018-2025). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based 12-month time period concluding in June of year prior to the issuance of the award.
Financial Times 400 Top Financial Advisors
Source: ft.com (Awarded Mar 2017) Data compiled by the Financial Times based on time period from 9/30/14 - 9/30/16.
2006-2010 Barron's Top 100 Women Financial Advisors
Source: Barrons.com (Awarded June 2006-2010). Data compiled by Barron's based on 12-month period concluding in Mar of the year the award was issued.
Barron's Top 100 Financial Advisors
Source: Barron's.com (Awarded Apr 2009) Data compiled by Barron's based on time period from Dec 2007 - Dec 2008.
Securities Agent: NY, IL, FL, HI, CT, WA, VA, TX, NC, SC, CO, TN, KS, NJ, DE, OH, NV, ME, GA, RI, PA, MA, MN, WY, DC, CA, AZ; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative; Transactional Futures/Commodities; Managed Futures
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