Vincent Viola
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Vincent Viola

United States 70 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth
Electronic trading
Residence
New York, New York
Education
New York Law School (Doctor of Jurisprudence)
United States Military Academy (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
Marital Status
Married
Children
3

Assets

  • Independent Bank Group
    0 shares @ -
    -
    IBTX-US
  • SouthState Corporation
    2,456,000 shares @ -
    -
    SSB-US
  • Virtu Financial
    64,116,000 shares @ -
    -
    VIRT-US
  • Virtu Financial
    0 shares @ -
    -
    VIRT-US

Biography

The son of a truck driver from Brooklyn, Vincent Viola started electronic-trading firm Virtu Financial in 2008 and took the company public in 2015.

Market-maker Virtu completed a series of secondary offerings in May 2019 to help repurchase more than $500 million in stock from Viola.

Viola splurged on real estate with stock sale proceeds, buying a beachfront Florida condo and spending $108 million on Arizona's tallest skyscraper.

Viola is the owner of the NHL's Florida Panthers. He graduated from West Point in 1977 and New York Law School in 1983.

In 2003 he founded the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point to provide education and research about global terrorism.

About

Donald Trump appointed Viola to be Secretary of the Army in December 2016 but Viola withdrew his nomination two months later citing business conflicts.

Viola was a former infantry officer who served in the 101st Airborne Division.