Draft:Blaine Lourd

Blaine Lourd is an American entrepreneur, financial advisor and writer. He is the founder and CEO of LourdMurray, an investment advisory and financial planning firm headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Early life and education
Blaine was born in New Iberia, Louisiana. He graduated from Louisiana State University in 1985.

Career
Blaine started his Wall Street career at E.F. Hutton in 1987 and worked at Shearson Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, Dean Witter, Oppenheimer and A.G. Edwards, before founding his own investment and financial planning firm, Lourd Capital in 2006. The company underwent a name change in 2012, when Palmer N. Murray joined as a partner from Morgan Stanley. A few of the firms’ notable clients are Matthew McConaughey, Daniel Craig, Linkin Park, Shohei Ohtani, and Joe Burrow.

He is also board member of Just Keep Livin' Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on after school programs for children in title one schools, where he serves as its treasurer and secretary.

Personal life
Blaine is divorced, has three sons, and is the brother of a CAA talent agent and CEO, Bryan Lourd. Blaine, wrote a memoir about growing up in the south, titled Born on the Bayou, that was published by Simon Schuster in 2016.