Two ambitious businesswomen deliver new dynamic to Florida’s trust industry

Florida’s small but mighty trust industry is in a prime spot to capitalize on generational wealth transfer trends. A new, trailblazing entry into the space has big plans, too

  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 5:00 a.m. September 23, 2022
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Katie Pemble and Gentry Barnett Byrnes received the charter for St. Petersburg-based Adelphi Trust Co. Aug. 12 (Courtesy photo)
Katie Pemble and Gentry Barnett Byrnes received the charter for St. Petersburg-based Adelphi Trust Co. Aug. 12 (Courtesy photo)
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Katie Pemble and Gentry Barnett Byrnes have individually climbed to the top of some steep career mountains over the past 30 years — along the way developing a tight-knit, finish-each-other's sentences kind of friendship.

 

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