Our Story and Services

As your Financial Advisors, we can help you define and strive to meet your goals by delivering a vast array of resources to you in the way that is most appropriate for how you invest and what you want to achieve. Working together we can help you to preserve and grow your wealth. You’ll have access to some of the world’s most seasoned and respected investment professionals, a premier trading and execution platform and a full spectrum of investment choices.
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Location

7733 Forsyth Blvd
Ste 2100
Clayton, MO 63105
US
Direct:
(314) 854-9396(314) 854-9396

Meet Gateway Family Wealth

About Me

Rick began working in the financial services industry in 1980 and joined Morgan Stanley in 2025. With the instincts and skills honed by his nearly 40 years as a financial advisor, he provides holistic wealth management solutions for high-net-worth individuals and their families.

Rick serves multiple generations within families with comprehensive financial and long-term planning. He holds the Certified Private Wealth Advisor® (CPWA®) designation, an advanced professional certification for advisors who work with high net worth clients on wealth accumulation, preservation and distribution. Planning dozens of years in advance for a client's retirement or the college education of their children or grandchildren and seeing those plans come to fruition is his greatest reward as a financial advisor.

As a partner of Gateway Family Wealth, Rick deals with all aspects of client wealth management, but is specifically involved in the investment strategy, individual stock portfolios and fixed income strategy. Along with assisting private clients, Rick is actively engaged in serving the unique needs of the team's institutional, corporate, foundation and endowment fund clients.
Rick lives in St. Louis with his wife and is passionate about helping disadvantaged children within his community. He has served as a board member of the Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital and as a board member and president of the Logos School, an alternative school for children with major learning impediments. He is a former president and current board member of The Little Bit Foundation, a public charity providing basic services to disadvantaged children. In his spare time, Rick enjoys golfing and cycling.
Securities Agent: CA, AK, WI, TN, OK, MO, IN, NV, MD, KS, AZ, SC, OH, KY, WA, NC, PA, GA, DC, NY, LA, TX, ND, IL, FL, CO, VA, NJ, MI, ME, VT, NE, MN, MA; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative

About Me

Mike began his career in financial services in 2007 and is a partner on the Gateway Family Wealth team, intimately involved in overseeing the team’s operations and developing and implementing the group’s investment strategies. Planning is Mike’s passion – he enjoys helping the families he serves identify their goals, recognize their blind spots, and develop action plans to put them in control of their financial lives. He believes this is a hands-on business and cherishes the time he spends side-by-side with his clients.

Over the years, Mike has developed a specialty in addressing the unique planning needs of business owners and entrepreneurs. He helps these clients confidently conquer challenges they face with strategic planning at every stage, whether they are just starting, growing, or planning to exit their business. A testament to his commitment, Mike has earned the Certified Exit Planning Advisor® (CEPA®) designation and has helped multiple clients juggle the personal, business and market-related factors involved to complete successful sales to family members, private equity, ESOPs, and other buyers. Mike also holds the prestigious Chartered Retirement Plan Specialist (CRPS®) designation and has spent considerable time helping companies design valuable retirement plans and executive compensation benefits while navigating an increasingly complex world of regulation and litigation and he has served as a keynote speaker and featured author on the topics.

Mike and his wife are St. Louis natives who met in college and are raising their family together in Chesterfield, MO.
Securities Agent: PR, MI, KS, AK, PA, NJ, MO, TX, ME, WA, VT, OH, MN, LA, IL, SC, NE, GA, CA, TN, MD, MA, IN, AZ, DC, CO, VA, NY, NV, NC, KY, FL, WI, OK, ND; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative

About Sarah Bailey

Sarah started her career in the financial services industry in 1995. She holds her Series 7, 63 and 66 securities licenses. As a Wealth Management Associate for Gateway Family Wealth, Sarah keeps the team in compliance with state registrations, insurance licensing and administrative issues, as well as creating reports for client meetings and helping organize client seminars. Her early experience working in retail taught her how to cooperate with others in a fast-paced environment. She enjoys working with each client personally and getting to know their individual needs.

Sarah lives in St. Charles, MO. Every year, she and a friend adopt two families for Christmas through an organization, raising money and shopping for the families’ wish lists. In her spare time, she takes ballroom dance lessons and loves to travel.

About Michele Ranck

Michele has worked in the financial services industry since 2008 and holds her Series 7 and 66 securities licenses. The wide variety of jobs she held in high school and just after—everything from detassling cornfields to hospital patient registration—have helped her empathize with people and resolve problems in many different situations. She takes pride in her ability to field day-to-day requests from clients and help them with tasks ranging from cash management to online services enrollment. Michele also assists Gateway Family Wealth with planning client events, team marketing and client appointments.

Michele lives in Marissa, IL, with her husband and three children. Michele volunteers with The Little Bit Foundation and joins with her son’s baseball team at the Jefferson Barracks VA Hospital in St. Louis to host a Christmas party for veterans who are treated there.

Michele and her husband spend a lot of time at their children’s various sports, theater and school activities. Whenever she gets a chance to catch her breath, she enjoys reading, shopping, having a glass of wine and baking.
Wealth Management
Global Investment Office

Portfolio Insights

Retirement

Working with you to understand your life goals and develop a personalized wealth strategy. Today and for the years to come.
  • 401(k) Rollovers
  • IRA Plans
  • Retirement income strategies
  • Retirement plan participants
  • Annuities
4 Financially Smart Ways to Take Money Out of Retirement Accounts
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4 Financially Smart Ways to Take Money Out of Retirement Accounts

Discover how planning for required minimum distributions from retirement accounts can help you fund future needs and support loved ones.

Investing

Working closely with you to guide your wealth and investments through the most challenging market cycles.
  • Asset Management
  • Wealth Planning
  • Traditional Investments
  • Alternative Investments
  • Impact Investing
2025 Global Economic Outlook: U.S. Policies May Temper Global Growth
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2025 Global Economic Outlook: U.S. Policies May Temper Global Growth

Global growth is likely to be around 3% in 2025 and 2026, as tariff and immigration policies begin to slow the U.S. economy late next year, and China's underperformance restrains emerging markets.

Family

Creating customized financial strategies for the challenges that today’s families face.
  • Estate Planning Strategies
  • 529 Plans / Education Savings Planning
  • Long Term Care Insurance
  • Special Needs Planning
  • Trust Services
Taking Control of Your Finances After Death of a Spouse
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Taking Control of Your Finances After Death of a Spouse

Financial planning after a divorce or death can be trying, but with the right approach and the right advice you can turn a difficult situation into empowerment.

Business Planning

Helping you on key aspects of your business such as ownership, liquidity and developing opportunities.
  • Succession Planning
  • Business Planning
  • Qualified Retirement Plans
Financial Planning for Life After Selling a Business
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Financial Planning for Life After Selling a Business

Selling your business can mean big changes for your life, both personally and financially. Know how to make the most of your windfall.

Philanthropy

Making sure your philanthropic dollars are managed with the same high quality service as the rest of your wealth.
  • Endowments
  • Foundations
  • Donor Advised Funds
  • Impact Investing
Donor Advised Funds: A Smart Way to Manage Your Giving 
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Donor Advised Funds: A Smart Way to Manage Your Giving 

There’s more to charitable giving than you may realize. Here’s one method that may be a tax-efficient way to give and can help maximize your impact.
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