Boardroom Media (CEO News)
At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top New York based CEO’ operating in the Impact Investing space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Catherine Wood
Founder, CEO & CIO of ARK Investment Management
Cathie registered ARK Investment Management LLC (“ARK”) as an investment adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in January 2014. Prior to ARK, Cathie spent twelve years at AllianceBernstein as Chief Investment Officer of Global Thematic Strategies where she managed $5 billion. Cathie joined Alliance Capital from Tupelo Capital Management, a hedge fund she co-founded which, in 2000, managed $800 million in global thematic strategies. Prior to her tenure at Tupelo Capital, she worked for 18 years with Jennison Associates as Chief Economist, Equity Research Analyst, Portfolio Manager and Director. She started her career in Los Angeles, California at The Capital Group as an Assistant Economist. Cathie received her Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, in Finance and Economics from the University of Southern California in 1981. In 2016, Cathie received the “Women in Finance – Outstanding Contribution Award” from Market Media.
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About ARK Investment Management: ARK Invest holds a precision lens on thematic investing.
Frank Bruno
Co-CEO and enior Managing Director of Cerberus Capital Management
Frank Bruno is Co-Chief Executive Officer of Cerberus and is responsible for leading the Firm’s global investment activities across credit, private equity, and real estate strategies, working closely with Co-CEO and CIO Steve Feinberg. Prior to this role, he was President of Cerberus Global Investments, where he was responsible for leading the Firm’s European, Asia, and Latin American businesses. Since joining Cerberus in 1998, he has overseen the investment of more than $32 billion in equity capital in Asia and Europe, alone. Under his leadership, Cerberus expanded its international presence significantly, opening global advisory offices across Asia, including Beijing, Hong Kong, and Tokyo; and across Europe, including Baarn, Belfast, Dublin, Frankfurt, London, and Madrid. He graduated Cornell University and received an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He currently serves on the Wharton School’s Graduate Advisory Board and the Cornell University ILR School Advisory Board. He is an active supporter of Hire Heroes, a U.S. military veteran transition resources organization and Save the Children. He is a member of numerous Cerberus committees, including the Firm’s Operating/Management Advisory Committee, Private Equity Committee, Real Estate Committee, Real Estate Debt Committee, Valuation Committee, and NPL Committee.
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About Cerberus Capital Management: Cerberus Capital Management is a private investment firm that focuses on operational private equity investments.
Stephen Feinberg
Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Cerberus Capital Management
Stephen Feinberg co-founded Cerberus Capital Management in December 1992. He also founded or co-founded the other Cerberus affiliates and Cerberus Funds. Prior to founding Cerberus Capital Management and its affiliates, he managed separate pools of capital for Gruntal & Co. and certain other accounts from 1985 to 1992. He began his career at Drexel Burnham Lambert, where he was actively involved in trading large pools of firm capital. He is a graduate of Princeton University. He is a member of the Firm’s Private Equity Investment Committee, Cerberus Business Finance Investment Committee, Valuation Committee, Real Estate Investment Committee, Allocation Committee, Brokerage Selection Committee, and NPL Committee.
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About Cerberus Capital Management: Cerberus Capital Management is a private investment firm that focuses on operational private equity investments.
Leonard Laufer
Chief Executive Officer and Senior Managing Director of Cerberus Capital Management
Len Laufer is Head of Intelligent Solutions at JPMorgan Chase. He has spent more than 20 years working with financial institutions to transform operational and consumer data into information, insights and action.Prior to joining JPMorgan Chase, Laufer founded and was the Chief Executive Officer of Argus Information and Advisory Services, LLC. Since its inception in 1997, Argus grew to be the leading provider of information and analytical solutions to the payments industry. In 2012, Argus was sold to Verisk Analytics.Over the years, Laufer has worked with nearly every leading retail bank, credit card issuer, payments processor, credit reporting agency and payments network in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.Laufer graduated cum laude with honors from Harvard College with an AB in Social Studies, and earned an MBA from the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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About Cerberus Capital Management: Cerberus Capital Management is a private investment firm that focuses on operational private equity investments.
Sallie Krawcheck
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Ellevest
Sallie Krawcheck’s professional mission is to help women reach their financial and professional goals (or, put more bluntly, to get more money into the hands of women), thus enabling them to live better lives and unleashing a positive ripple effect for our families, our communities and our economy. To that end, she is the C.E.O. and Co-Founder of Ellevest, a digital-first, mission-driven investment platform for women. Ellevest is one of the fastest-growing digital investment platforms, named No. 24 on CNBC’s top 50 Disruptor list, No. 14 on LinkedIn’s 50 Most Sought-After Startups (and No. 2 in New York), and one of Entrepreneur magazine’s Top 100 Brilliant Ideas. Krawcheck is also Chair of the Ellevate Network, a 135 thousand-strong global professional women’s network; she is Chair of the Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund, a fund that invests in the top-rated companies for advancing women; and she is the best-selling author of “Own It: The Power of Women at Work.” Before launching Ellevest, Krawcheck built a successful career on Wall Street. She was the C.E.O. of Merrill Lynch, Smith Barney, US Trust, the Citi Private Bank, and Sanford C. Bernstein. She was also C.F.O. for Citigroup. Prior to that, Krawcheck was a top-ranked research analyst covering the securities industry.
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About Ellevate Network, Ellevest, TIME’S UP: Ellevest provides an engaging investing experience to help women meet their financial goals in life.
Dave Morgan
CEO & Founder & Vice President, Sports Digital News of Simulmedia
Morgan is the CEO and founder of Simulmedia, a New York based marketing technology company that uses data, science and software to drive business outcomes for advertisers through traditional TV marketing. He previously founded and ran both TACODA, Inc., an online advertising company that pioneered behavioral online marketing and was acquired by AOL in 2007 for $275 million, and Real Media, Inc., one of the world’s first ad serving and online ad network companies and a predecessor to 24/7 Real Media (TFSM), which was later sold to WPP for $649 million. After the sale of TACODA, Dave served as Executive Vice President, Global Advertising Strategy, at AOL, a Time Warner Company (TWX).
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About Simulmedia, Sinclair Broadcast Group: Simulmedia is a TV ad platform that enables predictable, scalable customer growth.
Suna Said
Founder and CEO of Nima Capital
Suna Said is the Founder and CEO of Nima Capital, a single family office with a flexible mandate to invest across various capital structures, growth stages, and industries. With significant experience and talent in global investment management and social impact, Suna brings her expertise along with an extensive network of investment partners, industry leaders, and world-class entrepreneurs as co-investors, advisors, and drivers of success. Suna spends most of her time on Nima Capital’s Blockchain vertical. She also founded the Suna Said Foundation, which works to support girls throughout the world through Blockchain technology applications. Prior to founding Nima, Suna was an Executive Director and Investment Officer of Unifund, Inc., a multi-billion dollar international investment firm. Suna is an active member of numerous charitable organizations and educational institutions, and was a speaker at the 2015 Milken Institute Global Conference. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Girls Inc., a national organization that inspires all girls to be strong, smart, and bold through direct service and advocacy, and was a 2015 Women of Achievement honoree for uniquely inspiring girls to set goals and achieve their full potential. Suna also serves on the board of directors of the Chopra Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to improving health and well-being, cultivating spiritual knowledge, expanding consciousness, and promoting world peace, as well as Pure Edge, Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to bringing scholars success through focus and mindfulness. Suna was previously a board member of the Harlem Village Academies, where she was honored for creating the Mindfulness program for K-12. Suna is on the Board of Trustees for the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, where she initiated the National Scholarship Program for Muslim Women, and has endowed the Maslin Scholarship Fund at Columbia Business School. Suna holds an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and an MBA from Columbia Business School. She lives in New York City with her husband and two children.
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About Nima Capital: Nima Capital is a single-family office global approach to identifying first mover companies disrupting large industries around the world.
Barry Volpert
Founder & CEO of Crestview Partners
Barry Volpert is the Co-Founder and CEO at Crestview Partners.
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About Crestview Partners, Oxbow Corporation: Crestview Partners, a private equity firm, focuses on middle-market contrarian and distressed investments, and special situations.
Sander Gerber
Chief Executive Officer / Chief Investment Officer of Hudson Bay Capital Management
Sander Gerber is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer at Hudson Bay Capital. Their diversified client base includes public pension plans, foundations, insurance companies, financial institutions and more. Mr. Gerber has more than 24 years of investing experience. He graduated Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania, earning a BSE in Finance from Wharton. He also has a BA in Humanistic Philosophy from the College of Arts and Sciences. In 1991, Mr. Gerber became a member of the American Stock Exchange as an options market maker. He left the floor in 1995 to explore other finance opportunities, and in 1997 he founded Gerber Asset Management LLC. Together with key employees from GAM, he then founded Hudson Bay Capital in 2005 which absorbed GAM’s business and its 15 employees.Sander Gerber is active outside of Hudson Bay Capital as well. He is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations and The New York Economic Club. He was formerly a member of the National Board of Directors of AIPAC and he was both Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Investment Management Committee of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
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About Hudson Bay Capital Management: Hudson Bay Capital Management is a private company categorized under Management Services and located in New York, NY.
George Iakovou
CEO of Vika Ventures
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About Vika Ventures: Vika Ventures is a venture capital firm that specializes in pre-IPO investments and the private equity market.
Anna-Marie Wascher
Co-Founder and CEO of YvesBlue
Anna-Marie Wascher is the Co-Founder and CEO at YvesBlue.
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About Flat World Partners, YvesBlue: YvesBlue distills the sustainability narrative across your entire portfolio.
Miriam Altman
Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer of Kinvolved
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About Kinvolved: Kinvolved is a developer of a social enterprise platform designed to improve student attendance and reduce chronic absenteeism.
Perrin Quarshie
Founder & CEO of RealBlocks
Perrin is the Founder of RealBlocks. RealBlocks democratizes access to alternative investments by digitizing shares of the funds over a blockchain-enabled network. The network is designed to create unmatched levels of liquidity and transparency in the traditionally complex world of alternatives, thereby enabling fund managers, financial intermediaries and investors greater control and impact over their performance,
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About RealBlocks: RealBlocks is a technology platform that delivers online access to alternative investments.
Lee Cooperman
Founder & CEO of Omega Advisors
Lee Cooperman is Founder & CEO @ Omega Advisors.
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About Omega Advisors: Omega Advisors is an investment advisor.
Christopher Sheehan
Founder and CEO of WorldCover
Christopher Sheehan is CEO and co-founder of WorldCover, a New-York based tech company that offers weather index insurance in Africa. He graduated from MIT with degrees in Computer Science and Finance and spent 8 years in quantitative asset management in New York City. Christopher has been a quantitative researcher, risk manager, and portfolio manager at Deutsche Bank, Roc Capital, and System Two Advisors, where he was founding partner and lead technologist.
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About WorldCover: WorldCover protects farmers around the world from droughts, by offering satellite-enabled insurance delivered with mobile money.
Natalia Oberti Noguera
Founder & CEO of Pipeline Angels
Natalia Oberti Noguera is Founder & CEO at Pipeline Angels in 2011.
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About Pipeline Angels, Pitch Makeover: Pipeline Angels is changing the face of angel investing and creating capital for women and non-binary femme social entrepreneurs.
Tom Speechley
Co-Founder and CEO of SX2 Ventures
Tom Speechley is an early stage investor and entrepreneur. He co-founded SX2 Ventures which builds and invests in innovative businesses in the human care sector focusing on life sciences, longevity, specialised care and emerging market healthcare. Having initially worked as a corporate lawyer in London and New York, the majority of Tom’s 25-year career has been in global private equity and venture capital including several emerging markets. Tom has sat on a number corporate and not-for profit boards including the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association and Junior Achievement Worldwide. He has been a senior advisor to Endeavor.org and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in the United Kingdom. Tom has written and spoken widely on emerging market private equity and venture capital and guest lectured at a number of leading universities in the United States. He has been a featured speaker on emerging market healthcare issues at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the United Nations and the Annual Meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank. He is the author of two books on acquisition finance and whilst a student at university coded a series of educational software programs that were among the first used in the UK’s national curriculum on computer studies. At university Mr Speechley initially studied chemical physics before switching to law, graduating with First Class Honours from the University of Sheffield UK.
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About SX2 Ventures: SX2 Ventures helps innovation and long-term value creation in the human care segment.
Adam Sokoloff
CEO of USHGAC
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About USHGAC: USHGAC is an investment management company that offers capital stock exchange, asset acquisition and stock purchase to professionals.
Antoine Heuty
Founder & CEO of Ulula
Antoine Heuty is the CEO & Founder at Ulula.
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About Ulula: Measuring and Improving the Impact of Business and Government in Society
Claude Grunitzky
CEO & Managing Partner of The Equity Alliance
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About The Equity Alliance, TRUE Africa: The Equity Alliance provides support and assistance to aspiring investment fund managers.
Tiffany Yu
Founder and CEO of Diversability
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About Diversability: Diversability is a social enterprise to rebrand disability through the power of community.
Robert Licopoli
CEO & Founder of 360 Sports, Inc.
As Chief Executive Officer, Robert F. Licopoli is responsible for representing the best interests of 360 Sports’ stakeholders, i.e. its athlete members and other service consumers, athlete advisors, products, regulators, and investors. He will create and implement strategies to grow the business and brand by developing business relationships and alliances, pursuing corporate opportunities, as well as assisting with oversight and management of the day-to-day operations. Mr. Licopoli has over 25 years of risk management, insurance, litigation, and compliance experience and is proven in the industry. His client base includes top real estate developers, construction managers and insurance brokerages. Mr. Licopoli’s success with launching and leading the NAFL, as well as his years of commitment to sports as a player, coach, and entrepreneur was recognized in 2005 when he was named as Man of the Year by the National Football Events organization. Licopoli was inducted into the Minor League Football Hall of Fame in the category of Sports Business in 2006. As described in the Description of the Business section of the SEC Registration A filing, in 1999, Mr. Licopoli started the NAFL with Dr. Harrington, and successfully developed it with the assistance of Mr. Sullivan until 2010 when it was sold. Subsequently, Mr. Licopoli established 360 Sports Events with Mr. Sullivan, which is one of the entities rolled up into 360 Sports, Inc.; In 2012, Mr. Licopoli formed 360 Agency, LLC, the second entity which has been rolled up into 360 Sports, Inc.
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About 360 Sports, Inc., 360 Sports, Inc.: 360 Sports, Inc. creates family office style back office solutions for active and retired professional athletes.
