Carpenter, Team Named To Top Lists

S. Wesley Carpenter’s Merrill Lynch wealth management team, the Harty Carpenter Group, was recently named to the 2025 Forbes “Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams” list. The team has offices in Fairhope and Birmingham. Carpenter lives in the former and serves as the group’s managing director and senior resident director – wealth management advisor. He also serves on the boards of the Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce and Community Foundation of South Alabama. He is active with the Business Council of Alabama, Coastal Alabama Partnership, Eastern Shore Art Center, Mobile Big Game Fishing Club, Senior Bowl and St. Lawrence Catholic Parish. Carpenter was also named to the 2025 Barron’s “Top 1200 Financial Advisors” list.