
William Crothers
Lewis A. Metzger is a Managing Director, Financial Advisor, Family Wealth Director, Senior Portfolio Management Director, and Senior Investment Management Consultant who heads The Metzger Group at Morgan Stanley. Lewis and his team work with a limited number of individuals and their families, providing the finest personalized family wealth management services available, including access to our team's private banking group, asset management, and estate and financial planning strategies.
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Lewis is among the select few financial advisors recognized with the designation of Family Wealth Director, which demonstrates that he successfully completed a rigorous program that trains advisors on delivering the highest possible standards of experience and extensive range of knowledge in wealth planning and investment advice to the most affluent clients.
Lewis received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from The University of Alabama. He also graduated from The University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Commerce & Business Administration. A proponent of education, he serves on several community boards including The University of Alabama President's Cabinet and has served on the boards of the Spring Branch School District Education Foundation and the St. Francis Episcopal Day School. He is a Cornerstone Lifetime Member of the Houston Methodist Hospital – The Society for Leading Medicine.
Lewis grew up in Mobile, Alabama. With the help of his father, he purchased his first NYSE stock at the age of 12. For more than 40 years, he has lived in Houston, Texas. He is married to Peggy; they have two grown children and two grandsons. An avid sportsman and conservationist, he holds life memberships with the Safari Club International, Houston Safari Club, Shikar-Safari Club International and the Coastal Conservation Association. He actively supports wildlife conservation with a focus on African animals. He financed and his family participated in the largest relocation of African giraffes ever attempted and successfully completed. He funded and has actively taken part in the translocation of giraffe and elephants to safer habits and attaching satellite GPS tracking collars to rhinos, lions, buffalo, giraffe, and elephants. Three of the Metzger wildlife conservation projects are available on YouTube: "Giraffe Conservation Metzger Foundation," "14 Giraffes, 4 Rhinos & 7 Lions," and "Metzger Conservation Elephants Giraffe." He is a board member of the Ivan Carter Wildlife Conservation Alliance. He also owns and operates the Wolf Springs Ranch, located in Round Top, Texas.
2024-2025 Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Management Teams Source: Forbes.com (Awarded 2024-2025). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based 12-month time period concluding in March of year prior to the issuance of the award.
2018-2025 Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors Source: Forbes.com (Awarded 2018-2025). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based 12-month time period concluding in June of year prior to the issuance of the award.
2009-2025 Barron's Top 1,200 Financial Advisors: State-by-State (formerly referred to as Barron's Top 1,000 Financial Advisors: State-by-State) Source: Barrons.com (Awarded 2009 – 2025). Data compiled by Barron's based on 12-month period concluding in Sept of the year prior to the issuance of the award.
2012-2024 Texas Monthly "FIVE STAR: Wealth Manager" Award Source: fivestarprofessional.com (Awarded 2012 – 2024) These awards were determined through an evaluation process conducted by Five Star Professional, based on objective criteria, during the following periods:
2012 Award - 10/16/2011 through 05/16/2012
2013 Award - 10/16/2012 through 05/16/2013
2014 Award - 10/16/2013 through 05/16/2014
2015 Award - 10/16/2014 through 05/16/2015
2016 Award - 10/16/2015 through 05/16/2016
2017 Award - 10/24/2016 through 05/24/2017
2018 Award - 10/27/2017 through 05/21/2018
2019 Award - 10/15/2018 through 04/26/2019
2020 Award - 09/30/2019 through 04/17/2020
2021 Award - 09/14/2020 through 04/30/2021
2022 Award - 09/20/2021 through 04/8/2022
2023 Award -10/10/2022 through 05/05/2023
2024 Award - 10/10/2023 through 04/30/2024
An avid outdoor sportsman and conservationist, Lewis Metzger holds life memberships with the Shikar-Safari Club International, the Safari Club International, the Houston Safari Club and the Coastal Conservation Association. He actively supports wildlife conservation with a focus on African animals. He financed and his family participated in one of the largest relocation efforts of African giraffes ever attempted and successfully completed. He funded and has actively taken part in the translocation of giraffe and elephants to safer habits and attaching satellite GPS tracking collars to rhinos, lions, buffalo, giraffe, and elephants. Four of the Metzger wildlife conservation projects are available on YouTube: "Giraffe Conservation Metzger Foundation," "14 Giraffes, 4 Rhinos & 7 Lions," "Metzger Conservation Elephants Giraffe," and "Elephant And Giraffe Capture With The Metzger Family Foundation." He is a board member of the Ivan Carter Wildlife Conservation Alliance. He also owns and operates the Wolf Springs Ranch, located in Round Top, Texas.
In August 2017, The Lewis & Peggy Metzger Foundation successfully underwrote and participated in the relocation of 19 Rothschild Giraffes in Uganda's Murchison Falls National Park.
This three-week conservation effort, in collaboration with the Ivan Carter Wildlife Conservation Alliance, the Giraffe Conservation Foundation (GCF) and the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), entailed transporting the giraffes across the Nile River and releasing them to be monitored and guarded—away from potential threats to their existence. Veterinarians and biologists from the United States, Namibia, Australia and Uganda, and nearly 50 Uganda Game Scouts were part of this effort to save the increasingly endangered giraffes.
Over the last 30 years, giraffe populations across Africa have declined by an estimated 40%, shrinking from over 155,000 in 1987 to approximately 97,000 today. The Rothschild Giraffe is among the most vulnerable subspecies with an estimated 3,000 remaining in the wild—75% of which are represented at Murchison Falls National Park.
This conservation effort was an indescribably personal and hands-on experience; something so environmentally-conscious, while also breathtakingly beautiful and organic. Considerably more must be done to protect the giraffe from illegal poaching, habitat destroyers and human intervention.
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