Cal Poly Pomona Philanthropic Foundation

Sean Yu

Sean Yu
Sean Yu

Sean Yu

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Managing Director
Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management

BS, Management & Human Resources
and BA, Political Science, 1999

Sean Yu is a Managing Director and leader of The Sean Yu Group at Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management. Sean was named to Forbes Top 250 Wealth Advisors for six consecutive years, 2016 through 2021, and #8 of Best-In-State Wealth Advisors in Los Angeles in 2021. He was also ranked by On Wall Street in its “Top 40 Financial Advisors under 40” for four consecutive years from 2014 to 2017. Since 2016, Sean has been consistently recognized on Barron’s “Top 100 Financial Advisors in California” and Financial Times’ “FT 400 Top Financial Advisors”.

Sean has had extensive involvement in the Cal Poly Pomona community since 2016. From 2016 to 2018, Sean was on the Investment Committee of the Board of Directors of the Cal Poly Pomona Foundation. Since 2018, he has sat on the Investment Committee of the board of directors at Cal Poly Pomona Philanthropic Foundation, having formerly chaired the Investment Committee for 2 years. In 2020, Sean set up the Sean Yu Travel Fund to help cultivate awareness of new cultures through travel abroad experiences. Additionally, he set up the David Speak/Sean Yu Endowment Fund to help bring distinguished lecturers to campus as well as provide grants for faculty research, and The Sid Sillman, Sean Yu Endowment to provide financial support for students looking to intern in Human Rights and Justice.

Sean leads numerous philanthropic and social leadership activities. He founded the Taiwanese American Scholarship Fund, and co-founded the Los Angeles Chapter of The Chinese Finance Association. Additionally, Sean serves on the Advisory Council of the Division of Social Sciences at The University of Chicago. For his contributions, he was awarded the “2014 Asian Business Award for public Company of the Year” from the Los Angeles Business Journal, and the Philanthropy Leadership Award by the Asian Pacific Community Fund.

Sean received his B.A. in Political Science and B.S. in Management & Human Resources from Cal Poly Pomona and M.A. in International Relations from the University of Chicago. He is fluent in English, Mandarin Chinese, and Taiwanese.