# Morgan Stanley

> Morgan Stanley is a global financial services firm founded in 1935 and headquartered in New York. It operates across three businesses - Institutional Securities, Wealth Management, and Investment Management - serving corporations, governments, institutions, and individuals. After roughly a decade of acquisitions that pulled it away from a pure trading house toward a fee-based advice engine, the firm oversees about $9.3 trillion in client assets and reported record 2025 net revenues of $70.6 billion.

- **Founded:** 1935
- **Headquarters:** New York, New York, United States
- **Founders:** Henry Sturgis Morgan (Co-Founder), Harold Stanley (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** Approximately 80,000-83,000 employees worldwide
- **Products:** Institutional Securities, Wealth Management, Investment Management, E*Trade, Shareworks / Equity Edge Online
- **Notable:** Record 2025 net revenues of $70.6 billion, up 14% year over year, Full-year 2025 EPS of $10.21 and return on tangible common equity of 21.6%, Wealth Management posted record 2025 net revenues of $31.8 billion

## Products & services

- **Institutional Securities** — Investment banking (capital raising, M&A and restructuring advice, debt and equity underwriting) plus Markets - equities and fixed income sales, trading, financing and prime brokerage - serving corporations, governments and institutions.
- **Wealth Management** — Advisor-led and self-directed brokerage, investment advisory, financial planning, lending, retirement and workplace equity solutions for individuals, families and companies.
- **Investment Management** — Asset management across equities, fixed income, alternatives, real assets and private markets for institutions and intermediaries, operating under brands including Eaton Vance, Calvert, Parametric and Atlanta Capital.
- **E*Trade** — Digital, self-directed investing and trading platform acquired in 2020, serving retail investors and powering Morgan Stanley's workplace stock-plan business.
- **Shareworks / Equity Edge Online** — Workplace equity compensation and stock-plan administration used by corporate employers to manage employee equity.

## Achievements

- Record 2025 net revenues of $70.6 billion, up 14% year over year
- Full-year 2025 EPS of $10.21 and return on tangible common equity of 21.6%
- Wealth Management posted record 2025 net revenues of $31.8 billion
- Grew client assets across Wealth and Investment Management to about $9.3 trillion
- Completed transformational acquisitions of E*Trade (2020) and Eaton Vance (2021)
- Consistently ranked among the top global advisers on mergers, acquisitions and equity underwriting

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Reported record full-year 2025 net revenues of $70.6 billion, pretax profit up 25% to roughly $22 billion, and EPS of $10.21.
- **2025-01** — Closed the acquisition of EquityZen, a marketplace for shares in private companies, expanding access to pre-IPO investing.
- **2024-10** — Ted Pick elected Chairman of the Board, adding the chairmanship to the CEO role he assumed in January 2024.

## Links

- Website: https://www.morganstanley.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/morgan-stanley
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/MorganStanley
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MorganStanley
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morganstanley
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/morganstanley

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Last updated: 2026-08-12