About Gayle Bullock
Gayle is a founding partner of The Bullock Group at Morgan Stanley, where she currently manages more than $675 million in assets. For more than 25 years, Gayle has been providing highly customized advice, investment strategies and financial planning services to health care and business executives, multigenerational families and foundations. She has earned the reputation of truly understanding her clients—their lives, their interests and their plans for the future—so they may pursue their financial goals and leave the legacies they desire.
An alumna of UCLA, Gayle earned her M.P.A. and Certificate in Health Services Administration from the University of Southern California. She began her career in the healthcare industry in 1976, and over the years has held senior leadership positions at several area hospitals, including those in the Memorial Health System and St. Joseph Health System and at start-up healthcare companies backed by sophisticated venture capital. She earned the designation of Fellow from the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and was named an “Up and Comer” by the ACHE in Modern Healthcare magazine in 1988. She has served as past president of both Healthcare Executives of Southern California and Women in Health Administration, and currently serves on the healthcare advisory board of the University of Southern California Sol Price School of Policy, Planning and Development.
After building a rewarding 18-year career in the healthcare industry, Gayle decided to pursue her passion to work in wealth management. In 1994, she joined Merrill Lynch to specialize in financial services for healthcare clients. Later there with her husband Bill, they formed The Bullock Group and became part of the Morgan Stanley family in 2011 and have been consistently honored as a Five-Star Wealth Manager by Orange Coast magazine since 2012.
As a designated Family Wealth Director, Gayle has access to a variety of family advisory services at Morgan Stanley including family governance and dynamics, philanthropic services and customized reporting. With her daughter and now partner, Kendall Bullock Wear, CFP, the Group offers comprehensive wealth management services across a range of disciplines and a full suite of financial planning and investment services to wealthy individuals, families, institutions, foundations, and endowments
2023 - 2024 Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Advisors
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded Apr 2023-2024) Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based on time period from 6/30/22 - 6/30/23.
2025 Forbes America's Top Women Wealth Advisors & Forbes Top Women Wealth Advisors Best-In-State
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded Feb 2025) Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC for the period of 9/30/23 - 9/30/24
2021-2024 Five Star Wealth Manager Award
Source: fivestarprofessional.com (Awarded 2021-2024) The award was determined based on an evaluation process conducted by Five-Star Professional based on objective criteria, during the following periods:
2021 Award - 08/17/2020 - 03/12/2021
2022 Award - 08/30/2021 - 03/04/2022
2023 Award - 07/25/2022 - 02/10/2023
2024 Award - 07/25/2023 - 01/21/2024
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