Houston Frost, Class of 1995 

A Novel Banker 

Houston Frost received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder (2003). In 2007 he earned a PhD in Chemical Engineering at Northwestern University. Then Houston worked at JP Morgan in New York as an Associate in Fixed Income Strategy until 2009.

In 2010 Houston and a fellow SAA classmate, Tom O. Turner (Class of 1995), co-founded Akimbo, which is a novel bank alternative and debit card built for budgets, allowances, and instant money sharing. Houston has also been published in seven peer-reviewed publications in well-known academic journals and had three publications cited over 100 times. 

San Antonio Academy has influenced Houston throughout his life. He said, “In a word, leadership. The Academy taught me leadership skills at a very young age.” Houston advises current students, “Find your strengths, and focus your energy and efforts on what you’re best at. We’re all good at something. You can waste a lot of time trying to improve at things that may not come naturally to you. You can always partner with someone that has strength where you may be weak. Ultimately, you will accomplish much more by focusing on your strengths.”