Joel Grachan
- Executive Director - Private Client Advisor
- JP Morgan
School Information
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College Major: Business
Years at College Works: 2006
Career Information
Working For: JP Morgan
Title: Executive Director – Private Client Advisor
Industry: Banking
Brief Description of Duties / Responsibilities:
Build Portfolios for high net worth individuals and families, create financial plans.
What Has Been Your Proudest Accomplishment Post-CWP?38% year over year growth for the last 3 years.
College Works Career Impact
In one sentence, what has CW meant to you?
College Works Painting taught me how hard sales and starting your own business is, which let me know what I was in for.
How did your CW experience impact your career? Immediately after graduation? Now?
After graduation, I immediately started to build a business as a financial advisor. From day one, most of the techniques experiences from College Works Painting applied directly.
What was the greatest lesson you learned from your CW experience?
Keep going, especially when it looks like there is no way it will work out.
Advice
What advice do you have for potential CW participants? Current CW participants?
Don’t give up, even though it probably looks very appealing.