Ryan Welner

Cutting lawns and shoveling snowy driveways in St. Louis taught Welner the value of a dollar. He now serves as a senior financial analyst for The Magnolia Group, a value-oriented private family office investment vehicle that predominantly invests in publicly traded equity, distressed debt securities and privately held real estate. Welner was the first person to receive joint degrees in law and Master of Science in finance from The University of Tulsa, which seems fitting given his outlook on life. “Never stop learning,” he says. “If there’s ever a point where you feel like there’s nothing more to learn in your career, it’s probably time to find a new job.”