Vincent Viola
$4.9B
$21.9M (0.5%)
as of 10/04/24
About Vincent Viola
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.
Personal stats
Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
Electronic tradingResidence
New York, New YorkMarital status
MarriedBirth date
02/12/56 (age 68)Number of children
3Education
Doctor of Jurisprudence, New York Law School; Bachelor of Arts/Science, United States Military AcademySelf-made
self-madeVincent Viola’s fortune is worth
82K
troy ounces of gold
75K
median U.S. household
49K
median U.S. income
0.098%
U.S. credit card volume
0.02%
GDP of the United States
0.014%
United States debt
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Viola was a former infantry officer who served in the 101st Airborne Division.
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Financial assets
NASDAQ | IBTX-US
Independent Bank GroupNASDAQ | VIRT-US
Virtu FinancialNASDAQ | VIRT-US
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