Managing Partner
Edward Jones

Jim Weddle was earning his MBA at Washington University's Olin School of Business when he was hired in 1976 as a part-time intern in Edward Jones’s Research Department.  After completing his MBA, he became a Financial Advisor in Connersville, Indiana where he opened the Firm’s 200th branch.  In 1984 Weddle was named a Principal in the Firm and moved back to St. Louis, where he assumed a series of responsibilities including roles in Financial Advisor Training, Marketing, Sales Management, and Branch Administration.

Weddle has been a member of the Edward Jones Management Committee since 1987.  This group is charged with the responsibility for strategy formulation and execution.  In January 2006 Weddle succeeded Douglas E. Hill as Edward Jones’s fifth Managing Partner.

Weddle is a member of the University of Missouri-St. Louis Chancellor's Council; a member of the Washington University Olin School of Business National Council; a member of the Webster University Board of Trustees; a Commissioner for the St. Louis Science Center; past Chairman of the 2010 annual fund drive and Chairman of the Board of the United Way of Greater St. Louis; a member of the Board of Governors for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA); and a past  Board member of the Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (SIFMA).