Morgan Ranstrom (CEPA, CFA, CFP®, RLP)

Morgan Ranstrom focuses in the
following client markets or areas of practice:
- Business Owners
- Charitable Giving
- Entrepreneurs
- Estate & Generational Planning Issues
- High Net Worth Client Needs
- Tax Planning
- Business Owners
- Charitable Giving
- Entrepreneurs
- Estate & Generational Planning Issues
- High Net Worth Client Needs
- Tax Planning
Planning Specialties
Growing up in a family business and spending the first ten years of my career working alongside my dad, I've experienced firsthand the delicate balance entrepreneurs face between business success and family well-being. This journey, including navigating a business exit and starting ventures of my own, shaped my approach to wealth management. Today, as a CFA® Charterholder, Certified Financial Planner®, and Certified Exit Planning Advisor™, I help entrepreneurs and legacy-focused families do wealth on purpose. We've built a comprehensive virtual family office that coordinates tax planning, investment management, and business advisory services – exactly the kind of integrated support I wish my father had had during his entrepreneurial journey.
Our specialties include:
- Helping business owners and other successful families plan for legacy, growth, and retirement while navigating significant tax, investment, and estate planning complexities.
- I help you run every financial decision through a tax lens so we can minimize your lifetime tax bill.
- Entrepreneurs must strike a delicate balance between business success and family financial well-being. My experience growing up around and working in the family business has shaped my approach to entrepreneur-centric wealth management.
- Coordinating your family wealth plan with your retirement, business, and legacy goals
Additional Information
Morgan is a CFA® charterholder, a Certified Financial Planner™ professional, and the author of "Money with Purpose: Receive the Dividends of an Undivided Financial Life," published by Wisdom Editions in 2019. Morgan loves to travel and has worked, studied in, or traveled through most of the countries in Central and South America. Morgan, his wife, Naomi, and their two kids, Alba and Hugo, love living in Minneapolis, MN, and they can often be found paddle boarding on Lake Nokomis, taking day trips up to the North Shore, or cycling around one of our many beautiful Minneapolis lakes.
“All to say, who you are, what you are about, your goals, purpose, fulfillment… these are what matter, and they help us create the signposts of our financial life. Money is not an end in and of itself, nor is it a beginning. It’s a means to an end, an entity we can use to transfer value, fulfill our needs, live our values, and move further into a life of purpose.” ~ from Morgan's latest book, "Money with Purpose."
NAPFA Start Date
August 14, 2017