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About Perry

Perry Bacon, partner, is a wealth advisor with William Blair’s Private Wealth Management group. He provides comprehensive solutions for an array of individual and corporate clients. He assists individual investors in determining their investment objectives, assessing risk, and identifying suitable investment strategies that incorporate tax management and retirement income planning. As a specialist in qualified retirement plan consulting for a range of corporate clients, Perry advises on matters relating to plan design and plan administration. His services include vendor searches through competitive bid, investment consulting, drafting plan investment policy statements, and creating effective participant education campaigns. In addition, Perry offers investment analysis for plan trustees, investment manager searches, and reporting. Before joining William Blair, Perry was a partner with Brown Advisory Securities, LLC and a director at Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown.

Perry is a board member of Nexus Foundation for Family Healing.

He received a B.A. from George Washington University and an M.S. from Johns Hopkins University.

Professional Recognition and Awards

  • Forbes Best-in-State Advisors 20241
1 The Forbes ranking algorithm is based on industry experience, interviews, compliance records, assets under management, revenue and other criteria by SHOOK Research, LLC, which does not receive compensation from the advisors or their firms in exchange for placement on a ranking. Investment performance is not a criterion.

About William Blair

William Blair is a premier global boutique with expertise in investment banking, investment management, and private wealth management. We provide advisory services, strategies, and solutions to meet our clients’ evolving needs. As an independent and employee-owned firm, together with our strategic partners, we operate in more than 20 offices worldwide.*

  • 1935

    Year William Blair was founded

  • 1,900+

    Employees worldwide

  • 149 billion+

    Client assets

  • 89 Years

    Independent and employee-owned

  • 20+

    Offices worldwide

  • ~650

    Companies under coverage

As of September 30, 2024
*Includes strategic partnerships with Allier Capital, BDA Partners, and Poalim Capital Markets.

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