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John Stephens
Senior Vice President
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M&A Advisory; Family Office Advisory; Private Company Advisory
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 corporate philanthropy; economic and financial literacy advocacy; and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
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.
We host many highly informative meetings each year with clients, industry decision makers, and thought leaders across the U.S. and in Europe.
Senior Vice President
Mr. John Stephens is a Senior Vice President and member of the Mergers and Acquisitions group. Previously, Mr. Stephens was an Associate Director of Stephens Europe. Prior to serving in Europe, he was part of the Stephens Inc. Consumer team based in New York, NY where he joined in 2013. During his time with the Consumer team, Mr. Stephens provided corporate finance and advisory services to clients in the Food & Agribusiness, Consumer Products, Retail and Apparel sectors. He began his career as an equity analyst for Stephens Investment Management Group based in Houston, TX. As an analyst he assisted four portfolio managers across all industry sectors in their research of small and mid-cap domestic growth equities. In 2010, Mr. Stephens graduated from the University of Pennsylvania where he majored in U.S. History. In May 2017, he received his MBA from Columbia Business School.