John Randolph grew up in a small town in Oklahoma, with ambitions that took him to Dartmouth College and eventually to the institutional trading floors of New York. At Dartmouth, he studied Engineering Sciences and Computer Science while competing in football and track. He began his career in Merrill Lynch’s Mortgage Products Group at 2 World Financial Center.
Over the next three decades, John built his career as a mortgage-backed securities trader and business leader, increasingly focused on distressed and structured products. His experience at firms including GMAC-RFC, Cantor Fitzgerald and Jefferies shaped his perspective on trading, managing risk and building businesses.
In 2015, John and David Weibel founded Stonecrest Partners, creating a flexible financial services firm capable of pursuing complex transactions and business opportunities, on a wealth management platform anchored by a strong clearing relationship with BNY Pershing.
Today, John serves as CEO from Stonecrest’s home office in Austin, Texas. As the firm has grown, he has remained focused on what has been at the heart of Stonecrest from the beginning – to build a business where talented people have the independence to pursue new opportunities, while preserving the close relationships and shared sense of purpose of a familial firm.