Trent Pauls
Trent Pauls provides personalized financial guidance to high-net-worth individuals and families, helping them simplify complex wealth challenges. As a Private Client Advisor, he leads a team of specialists across investment management, estate planning, business succession, and philanthropic strategy. His team also advises clients on sophisticated credit solutions, including financing for real estate, ranches, and private aircraft.
Prior to joining Bank of America Private Bank, Trent worked with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management and later led a team of 30 advisors in Houston. He holds the Accredited Wealth Management Advisor™, AWMA™ designation.
Active in the community, Trent supports the American Cancer Society as a Mentorship Co-Chair and Committee Lead for GenNow and Shuck Cancer Houston. He's also a founding member and co-chaired ACS's Fork Cancer event, and the Austin Associate Board of Ambassadors, in Austin TX. He also volunteers with Career Gear Houston to assist veterans transitioning to civilian careers.
Originally from Kansas, Trent earned his degree from LSU. He lives in Houston with his wife and their dog, and enjoys travel, wine, golf, duck hunting, and live music.
*Accredited Wealth Management Advisor™, AWMA™, and the AWMA™ logo certification marks or registered certification marks of The College for Financial Planning Institutes Corp. in the United States.
For more than 200 years, Bank of America Private Bank has helped clients navigate the complex challenges of managing significant wealth. We draw on the Private Bank's personalized approach, as well as the resources of Bank of America, to help individuals and families, businesses, and institutions achieve their financial objectives. Whether you're looking to preserve and share wealth, build philanthropic legacies, or plan future growth, our commitment is to make your goals our priority. At Bank of America Private Bank, we take pride in our history and in serving our clients' best interest. We also value the continual pursuit of innovation in a constantly transforming world. We apply this perspective to help our clients anticipate and respond to evolving markets, changing environments and the growing complexities of the financial landscape. Mindful of the past, our focus in on providing today's clients with disciplined financial strategies and a bridge across generations.