Michael M. Pirrello,

Michael Pirrello takes a holistic approach to financial planning, understanding that each component of a client’s financial life is interrelated. As such, he coordinates financial decisions with each client’s team of professionals, including their CPAs and attorneys, to ensure prudent, efficient and effective financial strategies are being utilized on behalf of each client, customized to fit their individual needs and goals.

His practice is focused on serving high-net-worth individuals and families as well as consulting on business retirement plans. Michael works closely with business owners, high-level executives and medical professionals, advising them on all aspects of their financial lives.

Michael has nearly 30 years of financial industry experience and has been a financial advisor since 1994. Prior to co-founding Mill Ridge Wealth Management, Michael served as a wealth management advisor with both Merrill Lynch and Smith Barney, having built a successful practice focused on comprehensive wealth management for his clients.

He began his career in public accounting before establishing his financial advisory practice. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting The College of New Jersey. He is also a graduate of the financial planning program at Fairleigh Dickinson University, where he earned his Certified Financial Planner™ certification in 2002.

Michael makes his home in Long Valley, New Jersey, with his wife and four children. He volunteers his time to local organizations and professional groups, applying his business acumen as a speaker and consultant. He has been a frequent contributor to financial planning and investment-related articles in The Star-Ledger, as well as many industry trade publications.