Olin Barnes III

Olin Beall Barnes III (born November 22, 1964 in Birmingham) is the Managing Director and co-founder of LifeServe, a national insurance and financial services brokerage in Birmingham and Atlanta.

Barnes is the son of Olin Barnes Jr of Birmingham and Mary Martin Barnes of Louisiana. He is a 1983 graduate of Mountain Brook High School and studied corporate finance and marketing at the University of Alabama. While in school he worked at The Locker Room, a Tuscaloosa clothier.

Barnes took a position with Colonial Bank upon his return to Birmingham. In 1988 he became a financial advisor for Nowlin & Associates, investment and insurance brokers. He earned certification from the College of Business and Finance as a "Certified Fund Specialist". In 2003 he joined with Pete Elliot of Los Angeles and Sinan Kinatsiz of San Clemente to form BankSwap, which he served as CEO and President.

Aside from his business interests Barnes enjoys fishing, skiing, motorcycling and cooking.