AI won’t level the playing field between large and small firms — it will widen it. Rush on what that means for advisory-firm valuations, and the questions owners should be asking now.
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Rush Benton, CFA
Rush is a veteran leader in the RIA industry who has been at the forefront of M&A consolidation for over 25 years.
Rush previously served as the head of M&A strategy at CAPTRUST, where he led the firm’s exponential growth through a series of more than 60 acquisitions to become the largest independent RIA in the US with over $1 trillion in client assets.
Prior to joining CAPTRUST in 2013, Rush was the Founder and CEO of WealthTrust, a pioneering consolidator that grew to $10 billion in assets under management through the acquisitions of 15 RIAs across the country.
Earlier in his career, he was a co-founder of a multi-billion dollar institutional RIA based in Nashville, TN.
Rush is originally from Chattanooga, TN. He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
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