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No. 1 Bank Advisors: Stars From the Past

We'll be unveiling our Top 50 beginning tomorrow. But first, we wanted to look back and give a nod to our previous top advisors. So here are our number-one advisors from the past five years.

Most of them are from Wells Fargo. And they're all on the new list again that you'll see this week. Click through for a quick look back, and check back later this week to see our new ranking.
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Matt Fryar, 2010

#1 advisor: 2010

#2 advisor: 2011
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William Oliver, 2011

#7 advisor, 2010

#1 advisor, 2011

#18 advisor, 2012

#23 advisor, 2013

#8 advisor, 2014
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Robert Reich, 2012

#1 advisor in 2012

#7 advisor in 2013

#7 advisors in 2014
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William Murphy, 2013

#1 advisor in 2013

#36 advisor in 2014
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Russell Cesari, 2014

#7 advisor in 2011

#23 advisor in 2012

#14 advisor in 2013

#1 advisor in 2014
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Who #1 this year?

Our top advisor this year? We can't say just yet, but tune in later this week to see the whole list.

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