Chris Bounds, Austin, Texas

Chris grew up in deep South Texas in the very small, ranching community of Ricardo. He moved to Austin to attend the University of Texas in 1982. During his junior year he was forced to take time off from school to earn money and so formed a marketing and demographics firm. Once the company was able to sustain itself and provide the funds necessary for his education, Chris returned to St. Edwards University, in Austin, to complete his BA- Finance in 1988.

Chris was recruited to join Merrill Lynch shortly after graduation, as the direct result of spending time in the downtown Merrill Office while investing his newly formed company’s excess profits. He quickly excelled at Merrill Lynch winning many Growth Awards, Management Designations and Leadership titles at a very young age.

Mr. Bounds attained the title of a Vice President early in his career and served the Firm and his clients loyally, discharging his duties without incident or a single client or regulatory complaint or blemish for 23 years. Merrill Lynch saw its stock tumble from $98/share to just over $3 in 2007, due primarily to extremely incompetent senior management decisions and the firm was taken over by Bank of America, as part of a forced merger, during the financial crisis of 2008/09. Chris left the firm early in 2011 as a result of litigation in which the firm was involved.

Chris Bounds Austin Texas, has been married to his high school sweet-hart for 26 years and blessed with three children. The eldest, Rachel, a graduate of Notre Dame University, is currently attending medical school. Chris’s second child, Elizabeth, a recent graduate of Vanderbilt University, is now in law school at Duke University and Chris II is a Junior at SMU’s Cox School of Business.

Currently Chris continues his independent consulting practice representing high net worth families, corporations and capital groups. Nueces Consulting, Directed by Chris Bounds of Austin, Texas, is instrumental in bringing together groups and capital for specialty real estate and other developments and projects. Having served as a Vice President at Merrill Lynch for 23 years, Chris is now involved in consulting endeavors to locate, develop, manage and improve the cash flow and revenue streams for commercial and residential real estate developments as well as other private equity undertakings and specializes in the Oversight of daily operations for families and their businesses. Chris Bounds does NOT offer investment, tax or legal advice and does not solicit investors to participate in any project or investment.