HEARTLANDFINANCIALGROUPLEADS

Heartland was started in 1994 by Chris McDaniel in a spare bedroom of his duplex in Independence, Missouri. With two agents, a used copy machine and a folding table, Heartland Financial Group was born. Expansion occurred as we outgrew the spare bedroom and moved into "a whole garage." In 1996, Heartland escaped the garage and built a 10,000 square foot building in Lee's Summit, Missouri. Heartland employed eight full time staff and over 50 career sales associates.