Jay Schechter

Jay Schechter is a Director and Senior Wealth Advisor at Mariner Wealth Advisors, based in Coral Gables, Florida. He focuses on providing strategic financial advice and wealth-planning solutions to families. He holds the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP®) designation and is a licensed member of The Florida Bar.

Schechter earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Miami and a Juris Doctor from Temple University Beasley School of Law in Philadelphia. Before entering wealth management, he practiced law in Miami for roughly 10 years, running his own bankruptcy law practice that specialized in sophisticated Chapter 11 matters, corporate workouts, and asset protection.

He was a partner and named principal at Singer Xenos Wealth Management, a South Florida firm founded in the late 1980s. In recognition of Schechter and Neil Sosler being elevated to named partners, the firm was rebranded Singer Xenos Schechter Sosler Wealth Management. At the time, the firm managed more than $1.3 billion in assets with about 16 associates. On May 31, 2019, the firm was acquired by Kansas-based Mariner Wealth Advisors, and Schechter and the other partners continued with Mariner. His email domain (singerxenos.com) reflects that legacy firm identity.

Important verification note: Across primary and secondary sources, Jay Schechter appears as a wealth advisor and attorney, not as a documented startup angel investor. The stub classification of "Angel Investors / Seed Round" could not be corroborated by any public record of startup investments, an angel-syndicate membership, or a venture portfolio. The details below reflect that gap rather than inventing activity.

• Professionally, Schechter's stated focus is "providing strategic financial advice and innovative wealth planning solutions to families" — i.e., holistic wealth management for high-net-worth households, not early-stage venture investing.
• His firm (Singer Xenos / Mariner) has publicly discussed evaluating alternative investment solutions as part of client portfolios, but no personal angel/seed investment thesis is on record.
• No stated check size, target startup profile, or startup sector focus could be verified from public sources.