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Lewis A. Metzger, Managing Director and Wealth Advisor, heads The Metzger Group at Morgan Stanley. Mr. Metzger and his team work with a limited number of individuals and their families providing family wealth management services including private banking, lending, asset management, and financial and estate planning. Mr. Metzger holds various titles including Family Wealth Director, Portfolio Management Director and Senior Investment Management Consultant of Morgan Stanley.

For the last seven consecutive years, Mr. Metzger was named one of “America’s Top 1,200 Financial Advisors” in the United States by Barron’s magazine. In addition, for the last five consecutive years, he was awarded the “FIVE STAR: Wealth Manager” award by Texas Monthly magazine. In 2015-2011, he was honored for achievement and inclusion in the NABCAP Premier Advisor list in the Houston Business Journal magazine. In 2007, RegisteredRep magazine recognized him as one of ten “Outstanding Advisors” in the United States. Mr. Metzger 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 valued clients. Less than 1% of the nearly 16,000 advisors at Morgan Stanley have this designation.

For more than 30 years, Morgan Stanley and its predecessor firms have recognized him for outstanding professionalism and performance by his membership in the prestigious Morgan Stanley Chairman’s Club, a recognition reserved for the firm’s top financial advisors.

Mr. Metzger received a Masters 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. Currently, he serves on several community boards including The University of Alabama President’s Cabinet. A proponent of education, he has served on the boards of the Spring Branch School District Education Foundation and the St. Francis Episcopal Day School. An avid sportsman and conservationist, he holds life memberships with the Houston Safari Club, Safari Club International and the Coastal Conservation Association. He also owns and operates the Wolf Springs Ranch, located in Round Top, Texas.

Mr. Metzger grew up in Mobile, Alabama. With the help of his father, he purchased his first NYSE stock at the age of 12. For the past 37 years, he has lived in Houston, Texas. He is married to Peggy; they have two grown children, Michelle and Austin.