Andrew DiMaggio Gates, CFA®
My Mission Statement
so you can craft the life and legacy you love.
Who I Am and What I Do
I am a Financial Advisor with the ZD Group, a team of 18 licensed wealth management professionals. Joining Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management in 2023, our 11 advisors hold decades of combined advisory experience and have been named in Forbes' Best-in-State Wealth Advisors in 2023 and 2025 and Barron's Top 100 Private Wealth Management Teams in 2022.*
Over the course of four years with the ZD Group, I have supported the financial empowerment of a diverse base of high net worth, ultra-high net worth, and institutional clients through a total wealth planning approach that integrates comprehensive financial planning, investment strategy and portfolio construction, detailed risk analytics and performance monitoring, and the development of customized investment and tax management solutions.
In collaboration with our extensive resources across the firm, our team's bespoke service model provides clients with a single point of access to a full suite of financial and advisory services, custom-tailored to their individual needs. These include: cash management and lending; insurance solutions; alternative investments, with corresponding due diligence and allocation guidance; trust and estate planning strategies; planned giving and philanthropy management; next generation wealth education; and an array of dedicated services for business owners and corporate executives, such as equity compensation and business succession planning.
After earning a B.A. in Comparative Literature from Dartmouth College, I received an M.A. in French (Yale University) and an M.A. in Ethics (Union Theological Seminary), before completing a Ph.D. in Government in 2020 at the University of Virginia, where I served as Lecturer in the Department of Politics and was the recipient of multiple teaching awards. My scholarship has been published in International Studies Quarterly.
I received my CFA® Charter from the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute in 2024. I am a designated Financial Planning Specialist and a licensed Life and Health Insurance and Annuities Agent/Broker in the State of New York.
*Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Advisors 2025
Source: Forbes.com (April 2025) Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC in partnership with Forbes based on time period from 6/30/23 - 6/30/24. For criteria & methodology, go to Awards Disclosures | Morgan Stanley
*Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Advisors 2023
Source: Forbes.com (April 2023) Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC in partnership with Forbes based on time period from 6/30/21 - 6/30/22. For criteria & methodology, go to Awards Disclosures | Morgan Stanley
*Barron's Top 100 Private Wealth Management Teams 2022
Source: Barron's.com (April 2022) Data compiled by Barron's based on time period from 12/2020-12/2021. For criteria & methodology, go to Awards Disclosures | Morgan Stanley
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