John Euart is a Partner in McKinsey & Company’s New York office, where he advises senior executives across the wealth management, asset management, retirement, insurance and private equity ecosystem. He is a leader in McKinsey’s Wealth & Asset Management and Private Equity Practices and a core member of the firm’s Growth, Marketing & Sales Practice. John’s client work centers on growth strategy, AI-enabled productivity transformations, digitally enabled business builds, distribution effectiveness and value creation for financial sponsors and their portfolio companies.
Over his career, John has worked with leading wealth managers, private banks, recordkeepers, asset managers, RIAs, insurance carriers and investment consultants on strategy and operations at the center of the financial advice industry. His work has included reimagining advisor and client value propositions, building new client acquisition engines, transforming distribution and sales models, improving enterprise productivity, and supporting diligence and post-acquisition value creation across wealth and asset management platforms. Through this work, John has developed a deep passion for helping ensure retirement success for all Americans that includes expanding access to advice, strengthening financial confidence, and helping the industry better support households as they save, invest and transition into retirement.
John is committed to applying his professional experience and industry relationships to causes that expand opportunity and strengthen communities. He has recently joined the board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City, and has remained engaged with his school communities as an alumnus and donor. He is particularly drawn to causes focused on Alzheimer’s support, child education and mentorship, and financial literacy, areas where targeted resources, advocacy and institutional support can materially improve people’s lives. John’s commitment to philanthropy began during his high school education at Dallas Jesuit, where the school’s motto, “Men for Others,” shaped his belief that leadership and service are inseparable.
John earned an M.B.A. from the Manderson Graduate School of Business at the University of Alabama and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Alabama. He currently lives in New York City.