RUTLEDGE INVESTMENT COMPANY - Key Persons


Gwin Smith - President

Job Titles:
  • Owner
  • President
Gwin Smith is President, Owner, and Co-Founder of Rutledge Investment Company. He grew up working in a farm family in Cleveland, Mississippi in the heart of the Mississippi Delta.

Rebecca Phillips

Job Titles:
  • Chief Appraiser
  • Vice President & Appraiser
Rebecca Phillips is Chief Appraiser at Rutledge Investment Company and is a State Certified General Appraiser in Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Missouri.

Shelby Smith - VP

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Vice President
He grew up in Memphis and graduated from Memphis University School in 2009. Shelby then graduated from Mississippi State University in 2013 with a finance degree. He returned to Memphis to accept a job as an analyst for First Tennessee Bank in their commercial lending division. In 2015, he was hired to be the lending and brokerage associate for Rutledge Investment Company. Shelby is active in all phases of the farm real estate business primarily focusing on loan origination, underwriting, and real estate brokerage. He is a licensed real estate broker in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas. Interests Shelby's interests include hunting, fishing, dog training, and cooking. Shelby and his wife, Chelsi, got married in April 2015.

Stephen Rainer - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President
Stephen Rainer is a Vice President of Rutledge Investment Company. He grew up in Memphis in a farm oriented family. After graduating from Mississippi State University in 1987 with a degree in Agricultural Economics and Real Estate, he returned to Memphis.