
Jamie Johnston


Tom Drees has been in the financial services industry for over 30 years. After graduating from Creighton University with a major in Accounting and Finance, Tom took a position with the audit department of Big Five accounting firm, KPMG Peat Marwick. From there he moved to Merrill Lynch, where he spent the next 16 years. While working at KPMG Peat Marwick and Merrill Lynch, Tom was simultaneously pursuing a career in professional baseball. He was drafted by the Chicago White Sox and spent six years in that organization, playing at every level from A-ball to the Major Leagues. He also spent time in the Texas, Seattle, and Minnesota organizations. He moved to Morgan Stanley in 2008 and is currently a Managing Director at Drees Marrujo Group at Morgan Stanley.
Tom's work in the financial services industry has been featured in numerous magazines and newspapers. From 2021-2023 and again in 2025, Barron's has named Tom as one of the Top 1200 Wealth Advisors in the United States and one of the Top 10 in Minnesota. Most recently, Tom and his team, The Drees Marrujo Group were named to 2024 and 2025 Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Management Teams.
Tom and his wife Stephanie live in Eden Prairie and have three children Derek, Dylan, and Sydney.
Disclosures 2021-2023, 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 2021-2023 & 2025). Data compiled by Barron's based on 12-month period concluding in Sept of the year prior to the issuance of the award.
2024 - 2025 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.
