A Cincinnati, OH native and graduate of the Ohio State University, where he studied Economics and Finance, Christian Bonner relocated to St. Louis, MO in 2014 to join the Wells Fargo Wealth and Investment Management (WIM) Analyst program after graduation.
As a WIM analyst, Christian worked in First Clearing Correspondent Services under the Independent Brokerage Group on the Growth and Productivity team. Christian later graduated from the Wells Fargo’s WIM program in 2016, then transitioned into the Wells Fargo financial analyst program in the Commercial Real Estate (CRE) group in Washington, D.C, where he did credit underwriting and portfolio management for complex CRE transactions in the Northeast. After that, Christian relocated to San Francisco, CA to serve as a Senior Relationship Manager in Middle Market Banking (MMB). After being in San Francisco for one-year, Christian transitioned Atlanta, GA, where he was tasked with a larger and more complex portfolio of clients and currently resides in this role today. A role that he loves given his penchant for sales pitches and influencing people; a critical skill needed to be a successful Banker at Wells Fargo.
In addition to Christian’s role as a Banker at Wells Fargo, he also serves as the Diverse Segments Pod leader for the Southeast Division (GA, AL, MS, TN, KY) of the Middle Market Banking. In March of 2021, Christian was personally selected by his Division Executive to assume this role, where he leads a salesforce of 10 team members, consisting of Relationship Managers and Business Development Officers from across the entire division, with a laser focus on growing existing relationships and acquiring new relationships with businesses that are minority owned and/or led, with annual revenues of $10MM to $1B.
In addition to his career at Wells Fargo, Christian is also a part-time real estate investor and enjoys flipping houses.
In his spare time, Christian serves on the Ohio State FCOB Alumni Advisory Board and is very involved with his fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. He enjoys working out at the gym, where faithfully spends 5 days a week. He also is a world traveler and has visited 21 countries, SOLO. His favorite destinations thus far have been Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Tokyo, Japan, and The Great Barrier Reef in Australia. His dream vacation is to go outer space. Christian is also an avid fan of the Cincinnati Bengals and hopes to see them win a super bowl in his lifetime.
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