Darin Mast

Background

About Darin Mast

Darin is a Managing Director, Wealth Management Advisor with Merrill and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professional who manages personal wealth and financial strategy for a select group of families, retirees, business owners and Fortune 500 corporate executives across the country. He coordinates wealth management objectives with his clients outside advisors including attorneys, tax professionals and insurance experts that are pre-screened by him and his team. Darin started his career at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in the downtown Houston office in 1998. All of his years in the financial industry have been with Merrill. He is a founding partner with VMT Wealth Management, an advisory team headquartered in the downtown Houston office. Since 2023, Merrill provided Darin with an additional office in Santa Barbara, California where he is able to service clients. EDUCATION Rice University, B.A,1998 Ranked #1 on Forbes "America's Top Wealth Management Teams High Net Worth" list, 2022-2024 as a member of VMT Wealth Management Published annually in November. Rankings based on data as of March 31 of current year.* Named to the Forbes "Best-in-State Wealth Advisors" list, 2018-2025 Published annually Jan – April. Rankings based on data as of June 30 of prior year. Darin Mast, CFP®, CRPC™, AWMA™ Managing Director Wealth Management Advisor NMLS ID#620849 CA Insurance Lic.# 4370909; Merrill Life Agency CA Lic.# 0522776 VMT Wealth Management Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. 800 Capital, Ste. 1900, Houston, TX, 77002 T 713 658 1214 TF 800 731 1174 FAX 713 454 7290 darin_mast@ml.com *Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. owns the certification marks CFP® and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® in the U.S.*Accredited Wealth Management Advisor™, AWMA™, and the AWMA™ logo certification marks or registered certification marks of The College for Financial Planning Institutes Corp. in the United States.*Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor™, CRPC™, and the CRPC™ logo are certification marks or registered certification marks of The College for Financial Planning Institutes Corp. in the United States.