Jim Thornton is the Executive Director of Business Development at VestGen Wealth Partners, working with individual clients and business owners. Jim has been a financial advisor since 2000, representing firms that include Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse. He joined Merrill Lynch in 2013 and moved with his team to Raymond James in 2020 prior to joining VestGen.
Teamwork comes naturally to Jim, who enjoyed an eight-year career in the NFL playing for the Chicago Bears, the New York Jets, and the Houston Oilers. As an All-American athlete at California State, Fullerton, Jim studied criminal justice and architecture. While with the Chicago Bears, he was a recipient of the Brian Piccolo Award.
Jim holds his Series 7 and 66 registrations, as well as his life, health, property, and casualty insurance licenses in Illinois.
