My Story and Services

Welcome

My practice was built on the foundation that competence and knowledge are fundamental to wealth creation.

My team and I are dedicated to helping clients meet their goals by delivering a vast array of resources through Morgan Stanley’s robust platform, allowing clients to have access to the intellectual capital of some of the world’s most seasoned and respected investment professionals, a premier execution platform, and a full spectrum of investment choices. I have worked with high net worth families for over 15 years and leverage my experience advising institutional capital to drive wealth accumulation through tax strategies and increasing yield while minimizing risk.

Working together, our focus is to:
• Simplify financial complexity to help you achieve clarity and control
• Manage investments with an unwavering focus on your personal goals
• Create comprehensive, multigenerational wealth management plans based on your needs, challenges and the values that guide your life and legacy

Background:

My parents migrated to the United States at the end of the Vietnam War after the fall of Saigon in 1975. Born and raised here, I am deeply influenced by the belief that prosperity begins with knowledge and a little luck from effort and preparation.

The pursuit of knowledge has been a lifelong passion. My father, an accomplished academic in Vietnam, instilled its importance when he re-enrolled in college at the age of 31 while also juggling several jobs and raising a family. He earned his doctorate in education and he later founded a successful charter school.

With humility, I’ve tried to live by these values in every station I’ve held whether it was working for a tech start-up in the late 90s, an investment banker throughout the tech and housing boom in the 2000s, and again as an asset manager in this past decade.

In the last 15 years, with the tremendous economic growth in my hometown, I took my experience and passion for investing to start a financial services practice to help clients solve for the problems that arose for me--how to grow the wealth you’ve earned and make it last for generations, how to preserve the assets, and, nearest to me, how to pay it back and forward to others.

I am passionate about working with people, mentoring colleagues, and supporting my community.

In 2022, I founded EverKin Group at Morgan Stanley a practice operating as a boutique financial services provider, focused on comprehensive wealth management services to families.

Recognition
• Forbes Next Gen Best-In-State Wealth Advisor

Disclosure
Forbes America’s Top Next-Gen Wealth Advisors & Top Next-Gen Wealth Advisors Best-in-State
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded Aug 2022) Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based on time period from 3/31/21 - 3/31/22.
Services Include
  • Asset Management
  • Alternative InvestmentsFootnote1
  • Sustainable & Responsible InvestingFootnote2
  • Cash Management and Lending ProductsFootnote3
  • Family Governance & Wealth Education
  • Executive Financial ServicesFootnote4
  • 10b5-(1) Programs
  • Sudden Wealth Financial Planning
Securities Agent: CO, IL, WA, CT, UT, MN, ME, HI, CA, WV, MI, MD, IN, VT, VA, TX, NH, AZ, SC, NC, MT, LA, GA, OR, NY, MA, WI, PA, NV, NJ, SD, FL, DC; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
NMLS#: 1403999
CA Insurance License #: 0L75114
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Insights

    Professional Advice
    In today's complex and volatile markets, making sound investment and financial decisions can be a difficult and challenging process. By working with an experienced Financial Advisor, you can have the best of both worlds.
    The Value of Professional Advice
    2025 Tax Table
    A concise summary of 2025 Tax Rate Schedules, Standard Deductions & Personal Exemptions and more.
    2025 Tax Table

Location

2775 Sand Hill Road
Suite 120
Menlo Park, CA 94025
US
Fax:
(650) 926-7150(650) 926-7150
Wealth Management
Global Investment Office

Portfolio Insights

Investing

Working closely with you to guide your wealth and investments through the most challenging market cycles.
  • Asset Management
  • Wealth Planning
  • Traditional Investments
  • Alternative Investments
  • Impact Investing
2025 Global Economic Outlook: U.S. Policies May Temper Global Growth
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2025 Global Economic Outlook: U.S. Policies May Temper Global Growth

Global growth is likely to be around 3% in 2025 and 2026, as tariff and immigration policies begin to slow the U.S. economy late next year, and China's underperformance restrains emerging markets.

Family

Creating customized financial strategies for the challenges that today’s families face.
  • Estate Planning Strategies
  • 529 Plans / Education Savings Planning
  • Long Term Care Insurance
  • Special Needs Planning
  • Trust Services
Are You Prepared for Tax Day?
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Are You Prepared for Tax Day?

The countdown to Tax Day has begun. Here are some strategies to consider as the deadline approaches.

Retirement

Working with you to understand your life goals and develop a personalized wealth strategy. Today and for the years to come.
  • 401(k) Rollovers
  • IRA Plans
  • Retirement income strategies
  • Retirement plan participants
  • Annuities
4 Financially Smart Ways to Take Money Out of Retirement Accounts
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4 Financially Smart Ways to Take Money Out of Retirement Accounts

Discover how planning for required minimum distributions from retirement accounts can help you fund future needs and support loved ones.

Business Planning

Helping you on key aspects of your business such as ownership, liquidity and developing opportunities.
  • Succession Planning
  • Business Planning
  • Qualified Retirement Plans
Financial Planning for Life After Selling a Business
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Financial Planning for Life After Selling a Business

Selling your business can mean big changes for your life, both personally and financially. Know how to make the most of your windfall.

Philanthropy

Making sure your philanthropic dollars are managed with the same high quality service as the rest of your wealth.
  • Endowments
  • Foundations
  • Donor Advised Funds
  • Impact Investing
Donor Advised Funds: A Smart Way to Manage Your Giving 
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Donor Advised Funds: A Smart Way to Manage Your Giving 

There’s more to charitable giving than you may realize. Here’s one method that may be a tax-efficient way to give and can help maximize your impact.

Financial Wellness

Enhancing Financial Wellness enables your workforce to do their best work. Companies that invest in financial wellness have an opportunity to:
  • Reduce employee stress,
  • Improve retention and engagement, and
  • Set themselves apart by offering comprehensive financial wellness benefits.
The Business Case for a Financially Resilient Workforce
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The Business Case for a Financially Resilient Workforce

In the face of turbulent markets, the word “resilience” may be top of mind. Broadly speaking, resilience is the ability to “bounce back” when encountering life’s inevitable challenges.
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1Alternative Investments are speculative and include a high degree of risk. An investor could lose all or a substantial amount of his/her investment. Alternative investments are appropriate only for qualified, long-term investors who are willing to forgo liquidity and put capital at risk for an indefinite period of time.

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2Investing in the market entails the risk of market volatility. The value of all types of investments may increase or decrease over varying time periods. The returns on a portfolio consisting primarily of sustainable or impact investments may be lower or higher than a portfolio that is more diversified or where decisions are based solely on investment considerations. Because sustainability and impact criteria exclude some investments, investors may not be able to take advantage of the same opportunities or market trends as investors that do not use such criteria.

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3Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC is a registered Broker/Dealer, Member SIPC, and not a bank. Where appropriate, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC has entered into arrangements with banks and other third parties to assist in offering certain banking related products and services.

Investment, insurance and annuity products offered through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC are: NOT FDIC INSURED | MAY LOSE VALUE | NOT BANK GUARANTEED | NOT A BANK DEPOSIT | NOT INSURED BY ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY

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4Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors or Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Clients should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for legal matters.

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Awards Disclosures
CRC 6491812 (04/2024)