Episode Details

Who Owns It? Ron Blue on Money, Stewardship, and the Question That Changes Everything

Join host Justin Forman for a wide-ranging conversation with legendary financial author, teacher, and serial entrepreneur Ron Blue. With decades of experience building Kingdom-minded financial institutions—including what is now Blue Trust, one of the nation's premier faith-based wealth management firms—Ron unpacks the timeless questions every entrepreneur must answer: Who owns it? How much is enough? And what does faithful stewardship actually look like when you're building something meant to outlast you?

From counseling a heart surgeon in a million-dollar home to sitting with a grocery CEO in a trailer park, Ron's stories reveal that true contentment has nothing to do with net worth—and everything to do with whose name is on the deed.

Key Topics:

• The three questions that unlock faithful stewardship: Who owns it? How much is enough? What's the finish line?
• Why Ron built his firms to outlast him—and what he left on the table when God called him elsewhere
• The difference between "hard" and "impossible" when it comes to serving God and money
• How the faith-driven investing movement has matured the stewardship conversation
• Succession planning, family wealth, and why "if you love your children equally, you'll treat them uniquely"
• The serial entrepreneur's journey: from accounting firm to Blue Trust to mobilizing 4,000 advisors

Notable Quotes:

"God's word speaks to everything that we think money will give us. And that's why Jesus said, it's not hard to serve God and mammon, it's impossible." — Ron Blue

"I didn't start any of them to make money. I started every one of them to accomplish a purpose or a vision." — Ron Blue

"If God owns it, I hold it with an open hand. And God then is free to put in or take out whatever He wants." — Ron Blue