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Christopher Babson

Christopher Babson

Chris is a former Fortune-5 Vice President in Corporate Finance and Banking, where he sourced, structured, negotiated and managed well over $1-billion in alliances with Fortune-500 and middle-market CFOs, including in Jack Welch's brilliantly led GE (Capital). More recently, Chris is a two-time entrepreneur. He sold his first company, Billing Management Group, and currently runs his corporate training company, Peak Performance Leadership.

He has his MBA from Purdue University's Top-20 business school and his BA from UCLA.

In Chris' first career, as an actor, he appeared on a #1 TV show, in critically acclaimed plays and in some highly forgettable and mediocre films. Chris is passionate about and committed to personal and professional development and peak performance personally and professionally, including peak performance in leadership.

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