Gary Wedbush

President

Gary Wedbush is President of Wedbush Securities, overseeing day-to-day management, strategic direction, development, and growth of all Wedbush Securities client and corporate services. Gary is a member of the Wedbush Securities Board of Directors, the President’s Executive Committee and Management Committee.  Having been at Wedbush Securities for over 20 years, Gary served as Executive Vice President and Head of Capital Markets and Correspondent Services responsible for all Capital Markets Correspondent functions, including investment banking, equities, fixed income, and clearing and execution services.

Gary joined the Firm in February 1998 as Senior Vice President and Head of the Trading Division. Previously, he was a Principal and Director of Convertible Securities of the former Montgomery Securities (now Bank of America Merrill Lynch Securities) in San Francisco. He also served as an Institutional Trader and Trading Manager in the Convertible Securities Department at Lehman Brothers and S.G. Warburg in New York.

He received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles, and his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.