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Daniel Bender, CFS®, CES

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Sr. Vice President
Houston, TX
CFS® CES
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About Daniel

Daniel J. Bender is Senior Vice President with Johnson Bender & Company. As a Certified Funds Specialist (CFS®) and a registered principal with FSC Securities Corporation, Mr. Bender’s prime area of expertise is in providing investment and estate planning services. Mr. Bender also holds the distinguished designation of BCE; he is board certified in Estate Planning.

Prior to co-founding Johnson Bender & Company, Dan served as the financial planning and investment manager for the South Texas region of a Fortune 500 financial planning organization. Dan is a frequent contributing author to various national magazines on issues of business, estate and investment planning, and a lecturer to numerous state and national associations.

Dan frequently consults with business owners and professionals across the country. Over the years, Mr. Bender has found that clients have spent a lifetime building their business, assets, estates - with little time spent on preserving it. Through meticulous attention to personal direction and situation, we believe Dan has built long-term relationships and sensible strategies to help meet client goals and expectations.

Mr. Bender received his B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Nebraska and his M.B.A. from the University of Texas - San Antonio.

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