Russell Bryant III
Meet Russell Bryant III and learn more about his experience with entrepreneurship.
Founder and CEO
Russell Bryant III is an entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience building companies in fintech, real estate, and financial services. He’s known for taking a hands-on approach, tackling challenges head-on, and creating practical solutions that really work in the real world. His career blends big-picture vision with a strong focus on getting things done.
Meet Russell
Russell Bryant’s entrepreneurial journey
started small, with self-funded ventures where he had to wear every hat from product development to sales and operations. Those early days taught him how important it is to be adaptable and keep a close eye on cash flow. More than anything, it shaped his founder-first mindset, which still guides how he leads and makes decisions today.
As the Founder and CEO of TGUC Financial
Russell Bryant is focused on making home improvement financing easier and more accessible. TGUC’s platform helps contractors offer pre-approved loans to homeowners across all credit types, making it simpler for everyone to move forward with their projects. Since launching, the company has grown nationally and earned a reputation for being easy to use and truly contractor-friendly.
What really drives Russell Bryant
is a bigger mission to democratize financial tools and make sure they work for small businesses and working families. He believes that finance should open doors, not create barriers. That belief shapes everything at TGUC, from how the product is designed to how customers are supported.
Before TGUC
Russell Russell Bryant led The Go Urban Companies, where he worked on revitalizing urban neighborhoods through thoughtful real estate investment and redevelopment. His goal was to bring new life to neglected areas, creating spaces that improve communities while being smart business.
He also co-founded Note Liquidate
a platform that sped up and simplified how bankruptcy accounts are handled. This project showed Russell Bryant’s knack for spotting complex, inefficient markets and building solutions that make a real difference for clients and creditors alike.
Throughout his career
Russell Bryant has stayed deeply involved in all parts of the businesses he builds from raising capital and leading product development to nurturing company culture and mentoring new entrepreneurs. He’s passionate about helping founders, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds, navigate the ups and downs of building a business.
Why Choose Russell?
Russell Bryant
holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Entrepreneurship from Reinhardt University and is a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE). For him, entrepreneurship isn’t just a career, it’s a way to create lasting positive change, whether that’s through better access to financing, stronger communities, or more opportunities for growth.