The Bahnsen Group, a wealth management firm with over $9.5 billion in assets under management, today announced the opening of its new Pittsburgh office, and the hiring of financial advisor Grady Wirth.

Pittsburgh is The Bahnsen Group’s twelfth office location and is located at the Brush Creek Commons plaza of Cranberry Township. The Bahnsen Group already maintains offices in Newport Beach, CA; New York City; Campbell, CA; Austin, TX; Dallas, TX; West Palm Beach, FL; Nashville, TN; Phoenix, AZ; Minneapolis, MN; Grand Rapids, MI and Bend, OR.

Financial advisor Grady Wirth joins The Bahnsen Group based at the new Pittsburgh office. Wirth joins from J.P. Morgan Wealth Management. Previously, he served as a financial advisor at Hefren-Tillotson.

“The western and central Pennsylvania market has long been an area of strong client interest for us,” said David Bahnsen, Managing Partner, The Bahnsen Group. “Not only is there a tremendous client base there already, but we are confident it will build into a significant market over time and so having a physical presence and putting resources and talent on the ground there was the logical next step.”

“When I was offered the opportunity to establish and lead a new office for a nationally recognized wealth management practice in a city I love, I knew it was the most meaningful opportunity of my career,” Wirth said. “The Bahnsen Group is growing at a breathtaking pace and I look forward to expanding our presence and depth of services in the Pittsburgh area.”

Sandie Sikora has been hired as the Operations Associate for the new Pittsburgh office, and other financial planning and investment hires are underway.

Pittsburgh marks the second new office location for The Bahnsen Group so far in 2026. In February, the firm announced the opening of its new Silicon Valley office in Campbell, CA. The Silicon Valley office and the Pittsburgh office were launched with new financial advisor hires, as opposed to many of the firm’s other locations that were launched by re-locating existing advisors to the new office. Over the past five years, The Bahnsen Group has now opened ten offices beyond its flagship locations in Newport Beach, CA and New York City.

About The Bahnsen Group

The Bahnsen Group began as a lift-out from Morgan Stanley in April 2015, launching with $600 million of client assets and eight team members. The firm has grown assets under management at 31% per year organically for eleven years, and now manages in excess of $9.5 billion with 97 team members and twelve offices around the country.

The firm’s founder, David L. Bahnsen, previously spent eight years as a Chairman’s Club Managing Director at Morgan Stanley and seven years as a First Vice President at UBS Financial Services. Bahnsen was named to the Barron’s Top 100 Financial Advisors list in 2025 and ranked #1 in Southern California (Private Wealth) on the Forbes/SHOOK Best-In-State Wealth Advisors list of 2025.

The Bahnsen Group serves multiple market segments and has a special focus on dividend growth equity investing. They seek to create abundant intellectual capital for their clients and take particular pride in their significant focus on thought leadership and content creation.

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