Paul Shoukry is CEO and a board member of Raymond James Financial, Inc., a leading diversified financial services company providing private client group, capital markets, asset management, banking and other services to individuals, corporations and municipalities. He previously served as president from 2024-2025 in anticipation of taking over the CEO role and served as the firm’s CFO from 2020 to 2024.
Paul graduated magna cum laude with Bachelor and Master degrees of Accountancy and was a Leonard Leadership Scholar at The University of Georgia. He earned an MBA with honors from Columbia University.
Paul and his wife Amy endowed and named the Leadership Speaker Series at the Terry College of Business at The University of Georgia. He also received the Alumni of Distinction award from the University of Georgia Graduate School.
He is passionate about childhood education and serves on the board of trustees for the need-based, inner-city school Academy Prep Center of Tampa and served as an advisory board member for the Florida school choice program Step Up for Students. Paul and Amy served as the co-chairs for the 2024 American Heart Association’s Tampa Bay Heart Ball. They are members of the United Way Tocqueville Society and were honored with the Fred S. Ridley Grand Oak community award. Paul also serves on the board of directors for ReliaQuest, a leading cybersecurity firm headquartered in Tampa.