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Curt Bradbury
Vice Chairman
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We provide investment banking, research, sales and trading, asset and wealth management, public finance, insurance, private capital, and family office services.
We are a family-owned financial services firm that values client relationships, long-term stability, and supporting the communities where we live and work.
The idea of family defines our culture, because each of us knows that our reputation is on the line as if our own name was on the door.
Our reputation as a leading independent financial services firm is built on the stability of our longstanding and highly experienced senior executives.
We are committed to bettering the communities where we live and operate. We do this by supporting corporate philanthropy, economic and financial literacy advocacy, and professional success.
Stephens is proud to sponsor the PGA TOUR, LPGA Tour, and PGA TOUR Champions careers, as well as applaud the philanthropic endeavors, of our Brand Ambassadors.
Stephens is the official investment banking partner of Williams Racing, one of the most winning teams in F1 history. We share that tradition of success.
We host many highly informative meetings each year with clients, industry decision makers, and thought leaders across the U.S. and in Europe.
Stephens can help finance education projects for K-12, colleges, and universities—including facility upgrades, classroom technology, student housing, and resources for teachers and staff.
Stephens can help finance medical facility projects, tech upgrades, and accessibility improvements for hospitals, including single specialty, general acute care, and children’s hospitals.
Stephens can help finance Public Safety projects supporting first responders, including fire, police, EMT services, and correctional facilities, to enhance emergency response and public protection.
Stephens can help finance recreation projects of all sizes—parks, arenas, convention centers, and more—to enhance community life at city, county, and state levels.
Stephens can help finance transportation projects of all sizes—from crosswalks to airports—supporting commerce and community connection through roads, bridges, railways, ports, and more.
Stephens can help finance utility projects—water, sewer, electric, broadband, and more—supporting essential services with a solutions-focused approach to ESG risks for community infrastructure.
Vice Chairman
Mr. Bradbury joined Stephens Inc. in 1972, was COO from 1995 – 2023 and is now the Vice Chairman of the Board. In his current leadership position, Mr. Bradbury works with Chairman and CEO Warren Stephens in the development and execution of strategic initiatives, regulatory affairs and special projects.
Mr. Bradbury was formerly Chairman and currently is on the Board of the American Securities Association (ASA). Over his career he has served three separate terms on the Board of Directors of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), each in separate decades. He formerly served on the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (formerly the NASD) District 5 Conduct Committee. He is former Advisory Director of the Export-Import Bank and a Director of the American Bankers Association. In the past, he has served as director of several publicly traded companies. He is widely regarded as a leader in the securities industry.