About Jay Carroll
For over 30 years, Jay has spent his career advising high net worth individuals, families, and institutions. Jay and his team partner with clients who share similar interests, morals and family values that formulate genuine long term multi-generational relationships.
Jay is a nationally recognized industry leader and falls in the top 1% of Morgan Stanley’s 18,000 financial advisors. At Morgan Stanley, he is a managing director, senior portfolio management director, alternative investment director, insurance planning director, and lending specialist.
A seasoned and respected investment professional, Jay has been named Best-In-State Wealth Advisor by Forbes in 2020-2025, Barron’s Top 1200 Financial Advisor in 2022-2025, received the Five Star Wealth Manager Award 2021-2025, and since 2021 has been named to Morgan Stanley’s Chairman’s Club, an elite group of the firm’s top financial advisors.
Jay and his team partner with Morgan Stanley to take advantage of the firm’s global resources and industry-leading technology. Previously Jay was the founder and managing partner of Colonial Wealth Management, an investment advisory firm that was acquired by Banyan Partners and eventually Boston Private Wealth. Jay and his wife Carolyn live in Wellesley, MA and have three adult children. Jay is a graduate of Boston College, The College of Financial Planning and enjoys spending time in Florida and Cape Cod.
Securities Agent: DC, NV, NJ, OH, NY, VT, SC, CA, TN, RI, OR, LA, UT, ME, KS, DE, CT, WI, TX, MI, SD, NH, IL, GA, AZ, VA, MD, CO, WA, NC, MS, HI, FL, WV, PR, PA, MA; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
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