Associate Business Manager
Nashville, TN
Chris Trump is an associate business manager whose client roster includes breakout artists and some of today’s biggest touring headliners with decade-spanning careers. Chris leads a team responsible for budgeting, tour planning, tax prep, royalties and more, helping guide artists toward long-term financial security. He takes the time to understand each client’s individual goals and develops strategies and business models to make those goals a reality.
Chris graduated cum laude from Belmont University with a degree in business administration and an emphasis in record engineering.
Behind the Scenes
Chris is a member of the Academy of Country Music, the Country Music Association and the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Troubadour Society. He is also an alumnus of SOLID.
Outside of work, Chris enjoys exploring his Wedgewood Houston neighborhood by e-bike. Hiking and volunteering at his church and his kids’ school organizations are his other passions.
Did you know?
• Chris considers being a husband and father his greatest accomplishment.
• A career highlight for Chris was telling a longtime client that, thanks to what they’d built and saved, they would never have to work again.
• He was featured in the Aug. 11, 2005 issue of Rolling Stone with Jimi Hendrix on the cover. He really was full of “patchouli wishes and hacky sack dreams” back in his Belmont days.
