Chris Ramey

President
The Home Trust International

Chris Ramey specializes in helping retailers, manufacturers and service providers penetrate their targeted markets.

Ramey is president of The Home Trust International www.thehometrust.com, a platform for HNW families and their influencers with products and services for their homes.  His personal consultancy is Affluent Insights www.affluentinsights.com; he is also partner in The American Marketing Group www.theamericanmarketinggroup.com and Retail-Rescue www.retail-rescue.net.

Ramey’s passion is helping independent businesses compete more effectively.  His speaking engagements on selling, serving and marketing to best prospects have taken him to South America, Europe and throughout North America.  His current clients have a presence in over 20 countries.

Ramey, a member of National Speakers Association, is a professional speaker, moderator and facilitator.  He has facilitated and moderated sales meetings and CEO conferences as diverse as Mandarin Oriental, Bertram Yachts and Domestic Estate Managers Association to Steinway and Seatrade Cruise Global.  He is one of the most quoted independent authorities in the luxury segment as a regular contributor to Luxury Daily.  Ramey sits on the BrainTrust Panel for Retailwire.com and has earned the “Leadership–Top 5%” appellation from Gerson Lehrman Group for his work with private equity firms investing in the design, construction and luxury industries.

Ramey’s long list of clients ranges from Bacardi, Bentley, The Ritz-Carlton, Ferretti Yachts to Silversea, SeaDream Yacht Club, Northern Trust, Steinway and many dozens more.  The breadth of Ramey’s clients and experience is a tremendous asset for any organization that desires to increase sales and secure their future.

Ramey began his professional career at Macy’s when he was recruited into their Executive Management Training Program for new college graduates.  He started his first multimillion-dollar floor covering business when he was 28 years old.  At 40 he joined CCA Global Partners in the buying department and quickly rose to divisional president for two brands and corporate SVP.  At 50 Ramey became president of The Luxury Marketing Council Miami and The Luxury Marketing Council Palm Beach where he founded and built the second largest chapter in the organization.

Ramey and his wife reside in Palm Beach County, Florida and they have two grown children.  Ramey is originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.