Mr. Bryant is co-founder of the company and serves as the President and CEO. Prior to establishing Pledge Financial Services, Mr. Bryant spent more than 30 years in the financial services industry, having held executive positions in both publicly-traded and privately-held companies. During his tenure with a multinational, public pawn company, Mr. Bryant served in a variety of management positions and ultimately was promoted to divisional leadership with direct P&L responsibility of over $40MM in assets. As an entrepreneur, Mr. Bryant founded, built, and, as CEO, managed one of the premier regional pawn chains in the U.S., which was purchased by a publicly-held competitor. Over the course of his career, Mr. Bryant has managed and/or participated in over $300 million in merger and acquisition transactions in the pawn space.

Mr. Bryant studied business at Concordia University-Texas and holds a Masters in Business Administration from the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University.