Jini Thornton

Jini D. Thornton, CPA, is a serial entrepreneur, author and finance expert in media who has built her career around empowering people to create, maintain and transfer wealth.

For more than 27 years, Thornton has been an accountant in the entertainment industry, leading the financial lives of some of the world’s most talented stars. She’s the founder and CEO of Envision Business Management Group, which provides accounting, tax, tour accounting & logistics, and other financial related services for A-level talent in the entertainment industry.

Thornton champions her clients to go beyond music – as their business manager, she has guided their entrepreneurial endeavors to expand into real estate, retail, and other industries.

As the founder and Executive Director of the Thank Me Later Foundation, Thornton transforms the lives of Black families for generations by helping Black women complete their estate plans including wills for free.

Radio has been Thornton’s biggest classroom over the last 27 years.  She is currently the financial expert for Reach Media and appears weekly on the nationally syndicated Rickey Smiley Morning Show, Willie Moore, Jr. Show and Erica Campbell Get Up Morning Show.

Thornton received a Master of Science in Taxation from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from North Carolina A&T State University.