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Tom Drees is a Managing Director and Financial Advisor with the 8300 Group at Morgan Stanley, where he works with families, business owners, executives, and professional athletes to help them make informed financial decisions and pursue what matters most to them.
For more than 30 years, Tom has guided people through some of the most important moments of their lives—building careers, selling businesses, raising families, transitioning into retirement, and planning what comes next. His goal has always been simple: help clients feel confident about their financial future and supported along the way.
Tom began his career after earning a degree in Accounting and Finance from Creighton University and joining KPMG Peat Marwick. He then spent 16 years at Merrill Lynch before joining Morgan Stanley in 2008. His background gives him a strong foundation in both the technical and personal sides of wealth management—from understanding the numbers to helping clients make decisions during times of change.
Tom's path to financial services was shaped by another demanding career: professional baseball. After being drafted by the Chicago White Sox, he spent six seasons playing at every level from A-ball to the Major Leagues while simultaneously pursuing his career at KPMG and Merrill Lynch. This experience gives him a unique perspective when working with professional athletes—understanding the uncertainty of a sports career, the importance of planning early, and the need for guidance beyond the playing years.
Tom and his team work with clients to develop strategies across investments, retirement planning, cash flow management, and legacy planning, helping to bring clarity and structure to increasingly complex financial situations.
Tom's work has been recognized nationally. In 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025, and 2026 Barron's named him one of the Top 1,500 Financial Advisors in the United States and a Top 10 advisor in Minnesota. In 2024, 2025 and 2026, Forbes recognized The Drees Marrujo Group as a Best-In-State Wealth Management team.
Tom and his wife, Stephanie, live in Eden Prairie and have three adult children.
Disclosures 2021-2023, 2025, 2026 Barron's Top 1,500 Financial Advisors: State-by-State (formerly referred to as Barron's Top 1,200 Financial Advisors: State-by-State) Source: Barrons.com (Awarded 2021-2023, 2025, 2026). Data compiled by Barron's based on 12-month period concluding in Sept of the year prior to the issuance of the award.
2024 - 2026 Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Management Teams Source: Forbes.com (Awarded 2024-2025) Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based for the 12 month period concluding in March of the year prior to the issuance of the award. https://www.morganstanley.com/disclosures/awards-disclosure.html
Morgan Stanley Global Sports & Entertainment, a division committed to serving the complex financial needs of professional athletes and entertainers. The division was created because every sports and entertainment profession is unique, with its own characteristics, earnings profile and career span. Our clients need Sports and Entertainment Directors who know the industry and how money flows from their work to their wallet.
Sports and Entertainment Directors were chosen for their advanced experience working in very specific fields. In our case, it is MLB (American and Latin American) and NHL athletes. We understand the unique financial challenges of players and can craft customized financial strategies that are tailored to your specific needs. Delivering the powerful resources of Morgan Stanley, one of the world's leading financial services firms, we work to translate our client's goals into a financial strategies designed to help grow assets, preserve wealth and ensure a successful financial life and legacy.
Our goal as your Wealth Management team is to take care of all aspects of your financial lives so you can focus on the things that created the wealth you have entrusted to us. Choosing investments is fairly simple. Managing wealth for a sound, comfortable future is not. Our partners have worked together since 2000, leading a cohesive team with over 80 years of combined industry experience. That experience is instrumental in helping our clients preserve their wealth.
