Max Greseth
Financial Advisor
Phone:
(952) 475-4314(952) 475-4314
Shawn Greseth, CIMA®
Senior Vice President,
Financial Advisor,
Senior Portfolio Management Director
Direct:
(952) 475-4313(952) 475-4313
My Mission Statement
Our mission is to serve your comprehensive investment planning needs for every aspect of your life. We have built our practice by blending our family values with our investment philosophy of discovering and creating value where others may not see it. Our combination of family values, modern investment planning practices, and agile investing strategies empowers our team to observe life through your eyes – enabling us to create tailored portfolios designed to help build value for you and your family for generations to come.
My Story and Services
For more than 25 years, Shawn Greseth has been helping investors and their families build confidence within their financial decisions to help achieve their unique investment goals. He focuses in discretionary portfolio management, discovering each investor’s values, and stress testing customized investment portfolios. He enjoys working with families to help reduce the fear and anxiety associated with making critical investment decisions. Shawn’s process of uncovering what each investor truly values helps enable him to work to deliver desired results in various market conditions.
Over the years, Shawn has aimed to build a strong reputation within the industry for helping investors understand the complex and irrational nature of today’s financial markets. This skill set empowers him to help investors remain calm during market fluctuation so they will not compromise long-term results.
Before launching his own practice, Shawn worked for several well-respected financial institutions, including Merrill Lynch, Carlson Companies, GE Capital, McGladrey and Pullen Coopers, and Lybrand. Shawn along with his team joins Morgan Stanley in 2024 to further his practice.
Above all else, Shawn is a family man who loves spending time with his wife, kids, extended family, and friends. During the summer months, you will probably find Shawn out on the lake surrounded by friends and family, likely enjoying some good food after a day of boating. Shawn is also an avid outdoorsman, and some of his favorite hobbies include fishing, biking, archery, waterfowl hunting, and big game hunting. In the winter, he also enjoys cross-country skiing and snowmobiling.
Over the years, Shawn has aimed to build a strong reputation within the industry for helping investors understand the complex and irrational nature of today’s financial markets. This skill set empowers him to help investors remain calm during market fluctuation so they will not compromise long-term results.
Before launching his own practice, Shawn worked for several well-respected financial institutions, including Merrill Lynch, Carlson Companies, GE Capital, McGladrey and Pullen Coopers, and Lybrand. Shawn along with his team joins Morgan Stanley in 2024 to further his practice.
Above all else, Shawn is a family man who loves spending time with his wife, kids, extended family, and friends. During the summer months, you will probably find Shawn out on the lake surrounded by friends and family, likely enjoying some good food after a day of boating. Shawn is also an avid outdoorsman, and some of his favorite hobbies include fishing, biking, archery, waterfowl hunting, and big game hunting. In the winter, he also enjoys cross-country skiing and snowmobiling.
Securities Agent: GA, WV, ID, CO, UT, OK, NE, NC, WI, OH, CT, WA, PA, NV, MN, FL, NY, NJ, MI, KY, IA, CA, AZ, SD, ND, KS, DE, MO, AR, LA, OR, MT, IN, IL, WY, TX; BM/Supervisor; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative; Managed Futures
NMLS#: 533352
NMLS#: 533352
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Business Financing & Planning
You have meaningful goals that I can help you reach. For years, I have worked with individuals, families, businesses and institutions—to deliver services and solutions that help build, preserve and manage wealth.
Equity Solutions
Equity is more than shares. It's a commitment to your employees.
That's why I design equity compensation solutions that can grow alongside your business and people at any stage. With tailored solutions, modern technology, hands-on guidance and dedicated service, I help you effectively administer equity while managing risk and compliance on a global scale.
Pre-Liquidity Planning
Liquidity events such as an initial public offering or a merger or acquisition may provide income and estate planning opportunities. Liquidity events also magnify the need to put in place or update certain essential estate planning documents.
Retirement Solutions
For your employees, retirement is more than a date in the future – it's a milestone that takes time, hard work and the right tools to achieve. Morgan Stanley at Work provides plan sponsors with a comprehensive suite of solutions and investment experience that helps your employees maximize their potential to reach their long-term goals.
Choosing a Business Structure
I can help you make well-informed personal wealth management decisions at every stage of your company's development.
Corporate Executives
As a senior executive, you have significant responsibilities to your customers, colleague, board of directors, shareholders and members of the communities in which you do business. I offer a unique combination of experience, expertise and insight to address your financial needs and family goals.
Business Succession
I will help you make well-informed personal wealth management decisions at every stage of your company's development. My goal is to provide you with the information, insight and resources needed to help you reach your personal and professional goals.
Employee Stock & Stock Options
Executives today are increasingly compensated with stock or stock options. However, exercising stock options presents a number of difficult—and sometimes divergent—choices. Accordingly, it is critical that an executive understand the risk of investing financial assets and the potential reward of preferential income tax treatment.
Approach
Discovery Process
Investing the time to learn about you and your family; your assets and liabilities and the risk exposures, enables us to formulate strategies and customize the relationship to your needs.
Formulation of Tax, Trust and Estate Strategy
Working with your tax and legal advisors, we help analyze your income and estate tax circumstances to identify and tailor planning techniques that may be used to address your objectives.
Creation of Customized Strategic Asset Allocation
Your customized asset allocation reflects risk, opportunities and taxation across multiple entities, while integrating your investing and estate plans.
Integration of Tactical Asset Allocation
Short-term adjustments seek to capitalize on temporary market distortions. Before making adjustments, we analyze the impact of taxes and trading costs on potential returns.
Implementation of a Customized Wealth Strategy
After comprehensive due diligence and analysis of expected results across multiple market scenarios, strategies are chosen from our expansive investment platform.
Ongoing Assessment
In coordination with your other advisors, we can conduct ongoing reviews and comprehensive reporting to ensure that your strategy adapts to changing financial and family needs.
Recognition
The wealth advisors on the Forbes/SHOOK Best-In-State Wealth Advisors list have a track record of success over time. The rankings were compiled by SHOOK Research, which uses financial data and interviews candidates nominated by their firms.
“It’s an honor to be recognized by Forbes and SHOOK Research as one of the Best-In-State Advisors,” said Greseth. “As investment planning has become more complex, my top priority is to work with my clients to develop strategies to help give them confidence around all facets of their financial lives and achieve their short- and long-term investment goals.”
2022-2024 Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Advisors
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded 2022-2024). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based 12-month time period concluding in June of year prior to the issuance of the award.
“It’s an honor to be recognized by Forbes and SHOOK Research as one of the Best-In-State Advisors,” said Greseth. “As investment planning has become more complex, my top priority is to work with my clients to develop strategies to help give them confidence around all facets of their financial lives and achieve their short- and long-term investment goals.”
2022-2024 Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Advisors
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded 2022-2024). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based 12-month time period concluding in June of year prior to the issuance of the award.
Our Values
Client First
Anticipate client needs and deliver personalized strategies with proactive communication.
Team Competence
Empower the team through skill development, collaboration, and a shared commitment to excellence.
Integrity
Constantly do what is right, regardless of who is watching.
Relationships
Develop lasting relationships through integrity, understanding, and shared goals.
Family
Build continual confidence, collaboration, and support.
Location
445 East Lake Street
Suite 320
Wayzata, MN 55391
US
Direct:
(952) 475-4313(952) 475-4313
Meet My Team
Evan J. Runkel
Registered Client Service Associate
Phone:
(952) 475-4309(952) 475-4309
Grace H. Olson
Wealth Management Associate
Phone:
(952) 475-4308(952) 475-4308
About Max Greseth
Max graduated from South Dakota State University in December 2023. Shortly after, he joined Greseth Group at Morgan Stanley in December 2024 and is currently enrolled in the Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Financial Advisor Program. Outside of work, Max enjoys golfing, cooking, pottery and hunting.
Securities Agent: ND, OR, OK, WY, WV, OH, NC, MI, CT, NJ, MT, IL, IA, TX, GA, SD, PA, NY, IN, CA, FL, AZ, AR, WI, UT, TN, NV, MO, CO, ID, NE, MN, DE, WA, KY, KS; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
About Evan J. Runkel
Evan joined Shawn's team in October 2023, bringing over five years of experience in the financial industry. A former Division 1 basketball player, he applies the discipline and teamwork from his athletic background to his work. In his free time, Evan enjoys fishing, golfing, and spending time with friends and family.
About Grace H. Olson
Grace began working alongside Shawn in May 2020 while still studying at the Carlson School of Management. After graduating in 2022, she joined the team full-time. Outside of work, Grace loves spending time outdoors, fishing, hiking, or enjoying a bonfire with friends and family.
The Power of Partnerships
By partnering with experienced individuals across wealth disciplines, Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors can align specialized resources with your custom needs and deliver strategic guidance through the familiarity and trust of existing relationships
Mamta Shah
Trust Specialist
About Mamta Shah
Mamta Shah is the Trust Specialist based in Chicago, covering the Midwest Region. Morgan Stanley provides a full array of personal and institutional trust services to high net worth clients of the firm. Mamta’s responsibilities include educating Financial Advisors and their clients on the open architecture trust service model and helping them identify opportunities to leverage the trust partners on the platform.
Before joining Trust Services in 2010, she was the Wealth Analyst with the Chicago based Wealth Planning Center at Morgan Stanley. Mamta was responsible for providing information and education on a full range of income and estate tax topics and concerns.
Prior to joining the Planning Center team in 2006, Mamta was Vice President of an Independent Investment Advisory Firm. She worked closely with the clients of the firm on a variety of financial planning and investment advisory services.
Mamta obtained her bachelor’s degree from Babson College with a major in Finance/Entrepreneurship. Mamta is a licensed CPA and holds a CFP® designation, She has been in the financial services industry since 1999. She is Series 7, 63, 65 and life/health insurance licensed. She is a member of the AICPA and the Illinois CPA Society. She lives in Chicago with her family.
Before joining Trust Services in 2010, she was the Wealth Analyst with the Chicago based Wealth Planning Center at Morgan Stanley. Mamta was responsible for providing information and education on a full range of income and estate tax topics and concerns.
Prior to joining the Planning Center team in 2006, Mamta was Vice President of an Independent Investment Advisory Firm. She worked closely with the clients of the firm on a variety of financial planning and investment advisory services.
Mamta obtained her bachelor’s degree from Babson College with a major in Finance/Entrepreneurship. Mamta is a licensed CPA and holds a CFP® designation, She has been in the financial services industry since 1999. She is Series 7, 63, 65 and life/health insurance licensed. She is a member of the AICPA and the Illinois CPA Society. She lives in Chicago with her family.
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
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
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
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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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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Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors and Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Clients should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for matters involving trust and estate planning, charitable giving, philanthropic planning and other legal matters.
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Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors and Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Clients should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for matters involving trust and estate planning, charitable giving, philanthropic planning and other legal matters.
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The information, products and services described here are intended only for individuals residing in states where this Financial Advisor is properly registered as described in this site.
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Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors or Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Individuals should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for legal matters.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”) is not implying an affiliation, sponsorship, endorsement with/of the third party or that any monitoring is being done by Morgan Stanley of any information contained within the website. Morgan Stanley is not responsible for the information contained on the third-party website or the use of or inability to use such site. Nor do we guarantee their accuracy or completeness.
The views, opinions or advice contained within third party websites or materials are solely those of the author, who is not a Morgan Stanley employee, and do not necessarily reflect those of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, or its affiliates. The strategies and/or investments referenced may not be appropriate for all investors as the appropriateness of a particular investment or strategy will depend on an investor's individual circumstances and objectives.
*References to length of service at Morgan Stanley include years at Morgan Stanley and predecessor firms.
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2Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors or Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Clients should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for legal matters.
3Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors and Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Clients should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for matters involving trust and estate planning, charitable giving, philanthropic planning and other legal matters.
4Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors and Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Clients should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for matters involving trust and estate planning and other legal matters.
5Products and services are provided by third party service providers, not Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”). Morgan Stanley may not receive a referral fee or have any input concerning such products or services. There may be additional service providers for comparative purposes. Please perform a thorough due diligence and make your own independent decision.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors and Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Clients should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for matters involving trust and estate planning, charitable giving, philanthropic planning and other legal matters.
6When Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors and Private Wealth Advisors (collectively, “Morgan Stanley”) provide “investment advice” regarding a retirement or welfare benefit plan account, an individual retirement account or a Coverdell education savings account (“Retirement Account”), Morgan Stanley is a “fiduciary” as those terms are defined under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), as applicable. When Morgan Stanley provides investment education, takes orders on an unsolicited basis or otherwise does not provide “investment advice”, Morgan Stanley will not be considered a “fiduciary” under ERISA and/or the Code. For more information regarding Morgan Stanley’s role with respect to a Retirement Account, please visit www.morganstanley.com/disclosures/dol. Tax laws are complex and subject to change. Morgan Stanley does not provide tax or legal advice. Individuals are encouraged to consult their tax and legal advisors (a) before establishing a Retirement Account, and (b) regarding any potential tax, ERISA and related consequences of any investments or other transactions made with respect to a Retirement Account. Individuals should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for matters involving trust and estate planning, charitable giving, philanthropic planning and other legal matters.
7Morgan Stanley offers a wide array of brokerage and advisory services to its clients, each of which may create a different type of relationship with different obligations to you. Please consult with your Financial Advisor to understand these differences or review our Understanding Your Brokerage and Investment Advisory Relationships brochure available at www.morganstanley.com/wealth-relationshipwithms/pdfs/understandingyourrelationship.pdf.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors and Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Clients should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for matters involving trust and estate planning, charitable giving, philanthropic planning and other legal matters.
8Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is the trade name of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, a registered broker-dealer in the United States.
Check the background of our Firm and Investment Professionals on FINRA's BrokerCheck*.
The information, products and services described here are intended only for individuals residing in states where this Financial Advisor is properly registered as described in this site.
Morgan Stanley reserves the right, to the extent permitted under applicable law, to retain and monitor all electronic communications. Morgan Stanley will not accept purchase or sale orders via any Internet site, social media site and/or its messaging systems. Morgan Stanley does not endorse and is not responsible and assumes no liability for content, products or services posted by third-parties on any Internet site, social media site and/or its messaging systems. All electronic communications are subject to terms available at the following link:
https://www.morganstanley.com/disclaimers/mswm-email.html. Any profiles and associated content are for U.S. residents only.
The securities/instruments, services, investments and investment strategies discussed in this material may not be appropriate for all investors. The appropriateness of a particular investment, investment strategy or service will depend on an investor's individual circumstances and objectives. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC recommends that investors independently evaluate particular investments, strategies and services, and encourages investors to seek the advice of a Financial Advisor or Private Wealth Advisor. This material does not provide individually tailored investment advice. It has been prepared without regard to the individual financial circumstances and objectives of persons who receive it.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors or Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Individuals should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for legal matters.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”) is not implying an affiliation, sponsorship, endorsement with/of the third party or that any monitoring is being done by Morgan Stanley of any information contained within the website. Morgan Stanley is not responsible for the information contained on the third-party website or the use of or inability to use such site. Nor do we guarantee their accuracy or completeness.
The views, opinions or advice contained within third party websites or materials are solely those of the author, who is not a Morgan Stanley employee, and do not necessarily reflect those of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, or its affiliates. The strategies and/or investments referenced may not be appropriate for all investors as the appropriateness of a particular investment or strategy will depend on an investor's individual circumstances and objectives.
*References to length of service at Morgan Stanley include years at Morgan Stanley and predecessor firms.
Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. owns the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and federally registered CFP (with flame design) in the U.S, which it awards to individuals who successfully complete CFP Board’s initial and ongoing certification requirements.
The use of the CDFA designation does not permit the rendering of legal advice by Morgan Stanley or its Financial Advisors which may only be done by a licensed attorney. The CDFA designation is not intended to imply that either Morgan Stanley or its Financial Advisors are acting as experts in this field.
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CRC 6491812 (04/2024)
