Barry Horn, Executive Vice President, Growth Champion

As growth champion, Barry Horn oversees Guild Mortgage’s acquisition strategy, which has been instrumental in the company’s significant revenue growth. Previously, he was national production manager from 2009-2021 and helped open over 300 offices across the country.

Barry joined Guild in 2008 when it acquired his previous firm, Liberty Financial Group, a full-service mortgage banking company based in Bellevue, Wash. He founded the firm in 2001 and served as chairman and CEO prior to the transition to Guild. His leadership has played a key role in Guild’s growth over the past 15 years.

Barry has more than 30 years of executive management and entrepreneurial business operations experience. During his career, he has served as assistant to IBM’s chairman of the board and regional manager of IBM; executive vice president of Worldwide Sales of Attachmate Corporation, a $400 million software company; and CEO of Saltmine LLC., an e-business web development and consulting company.

His entrepreneurial experience includes forming New Link Corporation, a security software company, which he later sold to a public company in Germany. He later sold a second software venture, Safe Data, to an acquiring company. Barry received a B.A. in economics and marketing from Taylor University. He serves on several boards of directors, including Northwest University and Liberty Road Foundation.