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  Whether it’s hardware, software or age-old businesses, everything today is ripe for disruption. Stay abreast of the latest trends and developments.
- At Morgan Stanley, we lead with exceptional ideas. Across all our businesses, we offer keen insight on today's most critical issues.
  
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  Multicultural and women entrepreneurs are the cutting-edge leaders of businesses that power markets. Hear their stories and learn about how they are redefining the terms of success.
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Ideas Coronavirus: Economic Risk and Recovery

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Wealth Management Keeping Market Volatility in Perspective
What We Do
What We Do
- Morgan Stanley helps people, institutions and governments raise, manage and distribute the capital they need to achieve their goals.
  
  Wealth Management
  
  We help people, businesses and institutions build, preserve and manage wealth so they can pursue their financial goals.
- Morgan Stanley helps people, institutions and governments raise, manage and distribute the capital they need to achieve their goals.
  
  Investment Banking & Capital Markets
  
  We have global expertise in market analysis and in advisory and capital-raising services for corporations, institutions and governments.
- Morgan Stanley helps people, institutions and governments raise, manage and distribute the capital they need to achieve their goals.
  
  Sales & Trading
  
  Global institutions, leading hedge funds and industry innovators turn to Morgan Stanley for sales, trading and market-making services.
- Morgan Stanley helps people, institutions and governments raise, manage and distribute the capital they need to achieve their goals.
  
  Research
  
  We offer timely, integrated analysis of companies, sectors, markets and economies, helping clients with their most critical decisions.
- Morgan Stanley helps people, institutions and governments raise, manage and distribute the capital they need to achieve their goals.
  
  Investment Management
  
  We deliver active investment strategies across public and private markets and custom solutions to institutional and individual investors.
- Morgan Stanley helps people, institutions and governments raise, manage and distribute the capital they need to achieve their goals.
  
  Morgan Stanley at Work
  
  We provide comprehensive workplace financial solutions for organizations and their employees, combining personalized advice with modern technology.
- Morgan Stanley helps people, institutions and governments raise, manage and distribute the capital they need to achieve their goals.
  
  Sustainable Investing
  
  We offer scalable investment products, foster innovative solutions and provide actionable insights across sustainability issues.
- Morgan Stanley helps people, institutions and governments raise, manage and distribute the capital they need to achieve their goals.
  
  Inclusive Innovation
  
  From our startup lab to our cutting-edge research, we broaden access to capital for diverse entrepreneurs and spotlight their success.
About Us
About Us
- Since our founding in 1935, Morgan Stanley has consistently delivered first-class business in a first-class way. Underpinning all that we do are five core values.
  
  Core Values
  
  Everything we do at Morgan Stanley is guided by our five core values: Do the right thing, put clients first, lead with exceptional ideas, commit to diversity and inclusion, and give back.
- Since our founding in 1935, Morgan Stanley has consistently delivered first-class business in a first-class way. Underpinning all that we do are five core values.
  
  Leadership
  
  Morgan Stanley leadership is dedicated to conducting first-class business in a first-class way. Our board of directors and senior executives hold the belief that capital can and should benefit all of society.
- Since our founding in 1935, Morgan Stanley has consistently delivered first-class business in a first-class way. Underpinning all that we do are five core values.
  
  History
  
  From our origins as a small Wall Street partnership to becoming a global firm of more than 60,000 employees today, Morgan Stanley has been committed to clients and communities for 85 years.
- Since our founding in 1935, Morgan Stanley has consistently delivered first-class business in a first-class way. Underpinning all that we do are five core values.
  
  Locations
  
  The global presence that Morgan Stanley maintains is key to our clients' success, giving us keen insight across regions and markets, and allowing us to make a difference around the world.
- Since our founding in 1935, Morgan Stanley has consistently delivered first-class business in a first-class way. Underpinning all that we do are five core values.
  
  Diversity
  
  Morgan Stanley is differentiated by the caliber of our diverse team. Our culture of access and inclusion has built our legacy and shapes our future, helping to strengthen our business and bring value to clients.
- Since our founding in 1935, Morgan Stanley has consistently delivered first-class business in a first-class way. Underpinning all that we do are five core values.
  
  Sustainability
  
  Our firm's commitment to sustainability informs our operations, governance, risk management, diversity efforts, philanthropy and research.
- Since our founding in 1935, Morgan Stanley has consistently delivered first-class business in a first-class way. Underpinning all that we do are five core values.
  
  Giving Back
  
  At Morgan Stanley, giving back is a core value—a central part of our culture globally. We live that commitment through long-lasting partnerships, community-based delivery and engaging our best asset—Morgan Stanley employees.
- Since our founding in 1935, Morgan Stanley has consistently delivered first-class business in a first-class way. Underpinning all that we do are five core values.
  
  Technology
  
  As a global financial services firm, Morgan Stanley is committed to technological innovation. We rely on our technologists around the world to create leading-edge, secure platforms for all our businesses.
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Careers
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- We believe our greatest asset is our people. We value our commitment to diverse perspectives and a culture of inclusion across the firm. Discover who we are and the right opportunity for you.
  
  Students & Graduates
  
  A career at Morgan Stanley means belonging to an ideas-driven culture that embraces new perspectives to solve complex problems. See how you can make meaningful contributions as a student or recent graduate at Morgan Stanley.
- We believe our greatest asset is our people. We value our commitment to diverse perspectives and a culture of inclusion across the firm. Discover who we are and the right opportunity for you.
  
  Experienced Professionals
  
  At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find trusted colleagues, committed mentors and a culture that values diverse perspectives, individual intellect and cross-collaboration. See how you can continue your career journey at Morgan Stanley.
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Careers Meet the Minds Breaking the Mold

Careers Explore Our Culture

Technology Yes, You Can Be a Tech Innovator at Morgan Stanley

Opportunities for Experienced Professionals

Leverage your talent, hone your skills and build a career to last a lifetime at Morgan Stanley, where our goal is always to deliver first-class business in a first-class way.

By the Numbers

171

Morgan Stanley employees promoted to Managing Director in 2021

42

Number of Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors in Barron’s top 100 in the U.S. in 2020

~20k

Number of women employees firmwide

Explore Opportunities

At Morgan Stanley, we hire people who are ready to inspire, innovate, collaborate and make a real impact, no matter what role they pursue, from investment banker to market research analyst. See how you can reach your potential by joining our team.

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Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

What makes working at Morgan Stanley unique? Our firm is differentiated by the caliber of our diverse team. Our company culture and commitment to inclusion define our legacy and shape our future, helping to strengthen our business and bring value to clients around the world.

Learn how we live those values.

Leading the Next Generation of LGBT+ Advocates

Employees Support the Morgan Stanley HBCU Scholars Program

Demo Day 2021: Celebrating Hard-Won Success

Diversity Committing to Diversity and Inclusion At Morgan Stanley, a corporate culture in which everyone feels they belong is fundamental to our role as a global leader constantly striving for excellence in all that we do.

Diversity Making Racial Equity a Reality Inaugural members of our Experienced Professionals Program, which was established in 2020 to recruit and train diverse, high-achieving professionals for jobs at the firm, share what sets this program apart.

Access & Opportunity Podcast The Black Wealth Gap On this episode, we hear from farmer Eddie Slaughter, who comes from a long line of Black farm owners and was determined to not let discriminatory lending practices make him the last. Then, host Carla Harris, a Vice Chair of Morgan Stanley, sits down with McKinsey partner Shelley Stewart III to discuss the pervasive inequities that have shaped Black Americans’ experience with acquiring wealth.

Diversity Leading the Next Generation of LGBT+ Advocates As the newest Co-Chair of the firm’s Pride and Ally Network, Jen Ng hopes to add to the group’s long list of accomplishments, while forging her own path forward.

Diversity Employees Support the Morgan Stanley HBCU Scholars Program These three employees, alums of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, are helping the firm support the next generation of students at these institutions, through our Morgan Stanley HBCU Scholars Program.

Innovation LAb Demo Day 2021: Celebrating Hard-Won Success The entrepreneurs in this year’s Multicultural Innovation Lab took advantage of world-class resources, while being challenged to push themselves and their companies to the next level.

Diversity Committing to Diversity and Inclusion

Diversity Making Racial Equity a Reality

Access & Opportunity Podcast The Black Wealth Gap

Diversity Leading the Next Generation of LGBT+ Advocates

Diversity Employees Support the Morgan Stanley HBCU Scholars Program

Innovation LAb Demo Day 2021: Celebrating Hard-Won Success

Our Programs for Experienced Professionals

To those who have served in the military or taken time off from their career: We value your experience and offer ways to get you started, or restarted, in the corporate workforce.

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Return to Work Program

Morgan Stanley's Return to Work program is an opportunity for experienced professionals to re-enter the workforce and re-engage their careers.

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Veterans at Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley recognizes the unique experience and dedication of military veterans, reservists and active service men and women and supports them at our firm and in our communities.

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Financial Advisor Associate Program

The Wealth Management Financial Advisor Associate Program offers 36 months of rigorous training and development in three phases, after which Associates are fully prepared to take their place among our elite Financial Advisors.

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Morgan Stanley Experienced Professionals Program

The new Morgan Stanley Experienced Professionals Program is designed to recruit diverse professionals with two or more years of post-graduate or work experience for full-time positions into several businesses across the firm.

Introducing Our People

At Morgan Stanley, we believe our people are our greatest asset. Meet just a few who are leading, innovating and delivering excellence.

OUR PEOPLE

Andrew Sheets

Managing Director, Head of Cross Asset Strategy

OUR PEOPLE

Audrey Choi

Senior Advisor and CEO of the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing

OUR PEOPLE

Mandell Crawley

Chief Human Resources Officer

I believe that helping people develop is an ongoing process. Strong leaders are never just born—they’re made and cultivated over time.

Melissa James

Managing Director, Vice Chairman, Chief Risk Officer, Global Capital Markets

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Life at Morgan Stanley

Learn more about what makes our firm such a great place to grow your career, from our culture and five core values to our employee networks and extensive mentorship programs.

Experienced Professionals

Why Work at Morgan Stanley

Vice Chairman Jeff Brodsky has spent more than 30 years recruiting talent at the firm. Here’s why he thinks it's the perfect place to grow your career.