Christopher Hurn
Christopher (Chris) Hurn is an American entrepreneur, writer, and business executive known for his contributions to small business lending 1 and commercial finance. He is the President and a board member of Community Bankshares Inc. 2, owner of Community Bank & Trust of West Georgia. He is also the Co-Founder/President/CEO of Phoenix Lender Services 3, a company focused on commercial loan underwriting, closing, servicing, liquidation, and portfolio management solutions for government guaranteed lenders. Previously, he was the Founder and CEO of Fountainhead SBF and Fountainhead Commercial Capital (collectively known as “Fountainhead”), both Small Business Administration (SBA) non-bank lenders specializing in SBA 7(a) and also SBA 504 loans. Fountainhead 4 was a four-time Inc. 500/5000 America’s Fastest Growing Companies honoree. Before his role at Fountainhead, he was the Co-Founder and CEO at Mercantile Capital Corporation, which was a three-time Inc. 500/5000 America’s Fastest Growing Companies honoree.
Hurn is the author of an Amazon best-selling book, The Entrepreneur’s Secret to Creating Wealth: How the Smartest Business Owners Build Their Fortunes (2012) 5, which provides financial strategies for small business owners. He is also a frequent media commentator and has contributed to Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Forbes 25, Inc. Magazine, Entrepreneur, HuffPost 6, and Coleman Report, among many others. He has appeared on Fox Business 7, CNN 8, and CNBC 9, discussing topics related to small business lending and economic policy.