Market-maker Virtu completed a series of. So my class and my company of A4 did not have one persons paper questioned, so we were almost in this kind of vacuum. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Virtu Financial and its predecessors since April 2008. SanzaS-A-N-Z-A. Exactlywouldve shifted, then, before you actually completed your. In the American Armythats amazing. But there was a very, very clear ethos that was sown into me by my immediate familymy nuclear and extended familythat you absolutely must be ready to sacrifice for this country that gave us so much. He was a phenomenal speaker. He actually commanded the forces during an operation up in the central highlands near the Cambodian and Laos borderit was 197071called Operation Ripcord. Did you havedid your family have an Army background at all? Under Mr. Viola's stewardship, the Florida Panthers Foundation has refocused its mission on serving veterans, in addition to investing in children's education, conserving the endangered Florida panther, and growing youth hockey with an emphasis on furthering diversity, inclusion, and access to the game. I joined the crowd. Vincent "Vinnie" Viola (born 1956) is an American billionaire businessman and U.S. Army veteran. Viola and other pre-IPO owners, who combined own only a little more than 1/3 of the equity units of Virtu LLC, have received a total of $706 million in cash distributions from Virtu LLC during the last seven quarters, says the complaint, which was filed last March to little media attention. Right. I always knew I wanted to be an Infantry officer. So you knew everyones name when you began the first week after Beast Barracks that you would spend with your new company, called reorganization week. According to the complaint, Viola, through his affiliates, controls 82 percent of Virtus voting power. Runnersrunners and clerks, and my neighborhood had a good amount of runners and low-level Wall Street professionals. E. 69th St. for the slashed price of $59 million, according to property records and sources. If you dont understand all of the inputs to that self-realization or self-decision point, you seek out and you ask, What is it like to be in combatphysically, psychologically?. Clean up the Academy, bring some pace and depth around what was really the most important principles that had to be at work every day in a cadets life. I had an enormously fascinating experience around the honor scandal. He resides in Jupiter, Fla. with his wife, Melissa Lautenberg Cifu, their daughter, Rachel, and son, Daniel. Most all of themI dont remember any that wasnt. What was your own attitude about the Vietnam War at the time? Are you cool on honor? meant what, though? When I would go home on leave, all of my friends had gotten into some level of drug use, so I had to make a very specific choice, and that choice was, I cannot do this. A 1977 West Point graduate, Viola trained as an airborne ranger infantry officer and served in the 101st Airborne Division. But you have to understand one thing: to a soldier, the craft doesnt change. 118 records for Vincent Viola. According to . [9] Upon graduating from Brooklyn Technical High School, Viola attended the United States Military Academy. Viola and Teresa are both involved in horseracing as the owners of St. Elias Stable and Teresa Viola Racing, respectively. Military Times reported that Viola had been searching for ways to divest from his business ventures, including transferring ownership of the Florida Panthers to his family members and transferring responsibility for operations to Vice Chairman Douglas Cifu. So here you are in Central Park South, a young man, and you are standing on Central Park South. I remained a reserve officer for the next 13 years, and I always stoodI try to remain current as far as my officership, and in contact with classmates and other soldiers. My mothers first advice when I told her I was going to get out of the Army, she said, You need to take the civil service test for different positions in New York City, which I thought a little bit about. He was for several weeks President Donald Trump's nominee for United States Secretary of the Army, before withdrawing from consideration. I basically was torn. Market-maker Virtu completed a series of secondary offerings in May 2019 to help repurchase more than $500 million in stock from Viola. One sort of out of the movies, in a sense, and the other one. I remember the first time I heard an upperclassman kind of bad-mouthing some of the policies of the Academy. Youre learning your craft because you must learn your craft, and the other thing here is youre executing the tenets of your craft every day. Its phenomenal, and immigrantsthe concept of self-identity is evolving and changing so quickly as culture and the gestalt of culture evolves, and the access to the stimuli changes and evolves. And that stuck with mesort of confirmed for me that the military was an honorable profession. Im sure that Spring of 1976 through the Spring of 1977 was one of those periods. So you had to be something of a maverick to want to stand up and say, Im going to go to the [United States] Military Academy now, particularly in the middle of the Vietnam Waror actually, at the end of the Vietnam War, even more. I remember distinctly we had a special arrangement with the Essex Hotel where we could stay there for $21.00 a night. So Ill try to take you through the first day, and to graduation. Which was that the nation was in decline, the Army is in decline, old traditional trusted places were not to be trusted anymore. And my dad tells a story that the captain said to himmy grandfather did mention that they were starving. 2017. And dare I say even the cadets that suffered the current popular cultural gestalt of moral relativism while they were here, at their core desired and wanted to be combat leaders. They would wear khaki uniforms, and they were called the speed battalion or the speed company. But I could see over the period of those of us who stayed and again, during my years, attrition was fairly significantthe people who stayed, sown into their souls almost, were those principles and that commitment to service. "From the first day at West Point, my focus and purpose was about selfless leadership, putting others before yourself and being ready to sacrifice for others so that the mission and the goal would be accomplished.". Former President Trump nominated Vincent Viola to become Secretary of the Army in 2017. Viola, former chairman of the New York Mercantile Exchange and owner of the Florida Panthers professional ice hockey team, hopes to multiply his money several times on the historic home he. The West Point Center for Oral History is a privately funded organization that relies on the generosity of donors. But I do want to make one point about what the Academy was like. In contrast the Class A stockholders, who through Virtu own nearly 2/3 of the units of Virtu LLC, have received only $208.4 million in cash dividends during this same period. And they said to me, Vinny, you have to do this. I started law school in the evening, because basically my mother told me to, to be quite frank, and. It was a training, basic training location. Lets actually go to the nature of that kind of training. From West Point To Middle School: Continuing Service To The Nation, The F As A Badge Of Honor: Surviving The Class Of 77 Honor Scandal, Learning through Failure, Toward Greater Challenge: Self-Discipline, The Key. We had war heroes. Viola, 67, a West Point graduate who bought the National Hockey Leagues Panthers in 2013 for a reported $250 million, founded Virtu Financial LLC in New York City in 2008. Europe, Pacific, the Army Air Corps, Army Infantry, support soldiersso on both sides of my family, we had Bronze Star winners, CIB recipients, too, navigators, bombardiers on B-17s, and many, many missions. 33307. TRD Staff. Oh, what did I do professionally? Viola and other pre-IPO insiders continue to directly own units of Virtu LLC that are economically equivalent to Class A shares. She didnt have any skills, per se, except to be a housewife. [2] [2] Never wanted out. And it was a very interesting face-off between the protestorswho really were sort of socially enjoying the protestand that small minority of us who felt that this almost romantic attachment to the ideals of the country and took it very seriously. In December . Now, didare you the first to go to West Point in your family? He was for several weeks President Donald Trump's nominee for United States Secretary of the Army, before withdrawing from consideration. Mr. Viola is also Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Virtu Financial, one of the nation's foremost providers of financial technology products and services, and former Chairman of the New York Mercantile Exchange (2001-2004). It caused, for me, a redoubling of my dedication to the Academy. Viola took the company public in April 2015. Youre transitioning from really leading the Corps, ensuring its duties are fulfilled, preparing to become a commissioned officer and enter the real Army, so to speak. [16], Leah McGrath Goodman's 2011 book, The Asylum: The Renegades Who Hijacked the World's Oil Market, describes Viola and his temperament. [8] He helped build the NYMEX while he served on the board of directors, as chairman of the Technology Committee, the Natural Gas Advisory Committee and the Facilities Committee, co-chairman of the Options Committee, vice chairman of NYMEX from 1993 to 1996, and chairman from March 2001 to March 2004. And fast forward to the summer now of our Cow Year, into our first of yearnow, you have to remember, the First Class year of a cadet is so phenomenally anticipated and so waited for, because, obviously, its your last year at the Academy. Highly regarded by his peers, Cifu was recognized by Chambers USA and The Legal 500 as a leading mergers and acquisitions lawyer for buyouts and private equity transactions. And I was born in a neighborhood that was very close to Wall Street, and the generation before mecause Wall Street always had a demand, especially in those days, for pretty much cheap labor. [4] He is also the owner of St. Elias Stables and co-owner, with fellow Brooklynite Anthony Bonomo, of the 2017 Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming. Reflects change since 5 pm ET of prior trading day. [18], On December 19, 2016, then-President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Viola for the position of Secretary of the Army. Its the same thing herethis is extremelyin the end its a very insulated, but positively reaffirming, environment. If you could just actually spell your name for the transcriber. I seeand actually took off a star in order to return here, isnt that right? These freedoms are gifts. Its a small town nestled in the Valiano region of, mountainous region of BasilicataBasilicata is the region, Campania is the greater region. I cannot be around this. And I came from a very cloistered neighborhoodnonetheless, we were much the same as the rest of America, especially uneducated, lower middle class, and upper lower class areas. Virtus controlling shareholder, Vincent Viola, is abusing his control over Virtus Up-C corporate structure to expropriate value from Virtu at public stockholders expense, says the complaint. He took illthis is before his heart attack, though. Vincent Viola, a member of the USMA Class of 1977, recounts entering West Point at the end of the Vietnam War and details the cheating scandal of 1977. Sign up now to get updates and email alerts when new interviews are released. How much revenue does Broward County get from non-hockey events and what do the Panthers get for non-hockey events? Tell me about Branch Night for youwhat did you choose? And of course, my class suffered the honor scandal of 1976. In fact, my first company commander is a very, very successful soldier, the class of 1975, Lieutenant General Benjamin Freakley. So what class are you, did you graduate with here at West Point? FloridaPanthers.com is the official Web site of the Florida Panthers. My dad used to always say, Freedom isnt free. Guess that was justthats kind of a little bit of background. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Virtu Financial and its predecessors since April 2008. It was, yeah. Net Worth: $2.8 Billion. Vietnamization, actually, wouldve done some of that. And it was interesting, because again, that exercise was going on. Virtu has aggressively fought Plaintiffs books and records demand.. I had absolutely no ideaI never really took serious in my own contemplation the idea that I would ever leave the Army, so I didnt know how to look for a job. The billionaire owner of the Florida Panthers hockey team, Vincent Viola, is at the center of a Delaware lawsuit that alleges he's used his control of a large publicly traded financial services company to improperly divert hundreds of millions of dollars to himself, his family and his cronies. Since then, the Foundation has provided free educational programming for hundreds of local public schools and continues to serve the community through ongoing outreach programs, crisis relief efforts, grant programs, and partnerships with local 501c3 organizations. COPYRIGHT 2014 WEST POINT CENTER FOR ORAL HISTORY. Now, hes sitting on the honor committee in judgment of his fellow cadets, right? At a peak. If singularity in the computational world is the point at which speed to process information eclipses the information available which to process, theres a singularity around military ethos. As I remember, they lived in central barracks, and they were almost like a foreign antibodyit was horrible. Dan Christensen Months after her Trump indignity, U.S. Judge Aileen Cannon catches Two years after Stop the Steal insurrection at the Capitol: Trumps SoFla lawyer Ticktin faces fourth Bar ethics probe after Florida kept paying millions for a contact tracing app after Roger Stone offers to settle $2 million tax case after New judge recycles Justice Francis dubious playbook for West Palm Beach family court case she left behind, Browards killer sheriff faces twin probable cause findings of perjury as state dawdles and months roll by. 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. He was a truck driver. Chair in Catholic Theology at Fordham University.[26]. So the cheating happened in their Firstie Year? Now, as I remember, the exercise was a very, very it was a almostit was a problem around designing a particular circuit, and it was a 3.0 valued take-home test. [5], Viola was born in 1956 to an Italian American family in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, the son of Virginia (Torre) and John A. What did you go to do after you left? Did you ever find yourselfeither because of the rigor of the training or because the temptations from the outside world or because of, perhaps, disappointment in your own class over this scandalthat you really wanted out? It was very fascinating, and I could actually say, for me, it was quiteI was self-aware of it, because the academymy classI think this can be documented. Im sure there were. A few had very committed, intellectually grounded reasons for participating in these protests. All Rights Reserved. In 1988, he founded The Independent Bank Group, a Texas-based regional bank which is listed on NASDAQ (IBTX). Vincent "Vinnie" Viola is an American billionaire businessman and U.S. Army veteran. Did you think you would be going to Vietnam when you entered here? Very much. Brock Purdy Injury Update And Impact On San Francisco 49ers Offseason Plans, One Issue All Nonprofit Leaders Can Impact: Clean Drinking Water In Our Communities, San Francisco 49ers Coaching Staff To Undergo Some Dramatic Changes, Viola Davis Reaches EGOT StatusHere Are The 17 Others Who Have Achieved This Unique Honor, Why Vincent Kompanys Burnley Success Is More Bad News For English Soccer, Dudamel Does Peter Sellars/Bill Viola Tristan Project With LA Phil At Disney Hall, Interview: Vincent Cuvelier And Tracy Saab Open Up About Their Luxury Menswear Brand Lacino, The Forbes 400 2022: 10 Richest Newcomers, The Forbes 400 2022: 10 Billionaires Under 40, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, Limit the Use of My Sensitive Personal Information. And I had a few friends from other companies that were in there. He received his juris doctor degree from New York Law School in June 1983,[1][12][13] but did not complete the bar exam. So when you would ask my dad, What are you, he probably would say, Im a male, husband, father, American, Catholic, or Catholic, American.. I guess thats where success on the battlefield really stems fromthis almost deep well of unassumed courage and unassumed dedication to your soldiers. The San Francisco 49ers head into NFL free agency in a less-than-stellar salary cap situation. The protection of civil liberties was being focused upon. REGISTERED AGENTS INC. People always say you learn to be a leader at West Point, but I find it hard to imagine how you teach leadership. And I think that proves in the military service, I mean I think if theres ever been a period where the Academys value to the nation should be celebrated and demonstrated, its the post-Vietnam era til today. He was an astute businessman and an extreme opportunist. Beloved Husband to the Late Myrna (Baker) Viola. Vincent Viola And that's very powerful continuum there of an Italian-American immigrant family that, not more than 17 years prior, 20 years prior, had been in that village, and now my dad and three of his brothers were in combat. And between a sort of big land forces kind of Army, like World War II, Small unit, guerilla-based campaign, although there werethe initial strategy doctrine was based in search and destroy and clear the areas to hold them without, maybe, the counterinsurgency piece initially in VietnamIm not an expert, Well, counterinsurgency wouldve come, though, before youI mean war shifted with. In 2017, a buyer was in contract to buy the home from Viola for $80 million, The Real . Anyway, my dad did that, and in 1980 my dad took a massive heart attack19791980. But what it was like was, again, a very Spartan environment, and Im sure the differenceor as I like to say, the arbitragebetween what life was in the civilian world for entering cadets on July 2, 1973 and life at the academy, Im sure that difference was in fewer times in our nations history larger, because the society had undergone a social revolution. [10], Viola graduated with a bachelor's degree from the United States Military Academy in 1977 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. My management leadership operation, dare I say, capacity, capability, is bounded in the skills around platoon leadership. The senior staff, as I rememberI remember seeing the Korean service ribbon on some of the senior staff and permanent professorsdare I say when I started our Superintendent, William Knowlton, General Knowltonhe served in World War II, in fact. And you are taught here that you have a responsibility unlike any other profession, because when you are engaged in combat and you are firing upon an objective and maneuvering to take it, you are going with forethought to make decisions knowing that theres a great chance the person that you send forward to execute either fire or maneuver is not going to come back. And you walk into Wall Street, and suddenly it is an environment you can recognizeit seems familiar to you. The conduct of these honor committee hearings was going on. Viola Has an Estimated Net Worth of $1.79 Billion. I dont have objective evidence. When the distaste for the Army was at a peak. Yes. Some of these very general storiesnot too specificand I thought West Point would be the best place to attempt to become commissioned. A British financier has snapped up billionaire Vincent Viola's Upper East Side townhouse at 12. VIOLA, VINCENT 69 of East Greenwich, passed away May 3, 2013 at Rhode Island Hospital. You have an event that calls to question whether or not there was an honor violation, and you have what is a pre-honor committee hearingalmost grand jury-type mechanismwhere cadets decide, after speaking to the cadets involved in the potential violation, whether or not there is enough doubt or evidence to bring it to a full honor committee, so all of the due process had to be protected. The case is in Wilmington, DEs Chancery Court before Vice Chancellor Paul Fioravanti Jr. At the end of January, the court was notified that both sides are engaging on a schedule with the next update by the end of the month. And I got absolutely no responses, and it was a pretty tough periodit was still a deep recession. Ms. Viola also recently sold a home in Brooklyn Heights for $25.5 million, setting a price record for a townhouse sale in the borough, records show. Its a very enjoyable year. In 1983, he graduated from New York Law School with a juris doctor degree. Vincent J. Viola is the Chairman, Owner and Governor of Sunrise Sports & Entertainment and the National Hockey League's Florida Panthers, as well as Chairman of the Florida Panthers Foundation. I mean, you know, and living in coed dormitories. Branch of THREE BROTHERS FAMILY OFFICE LLC (New York (US)) Agent Name. They were all cadets that had been found guilty on honor, or were awaiting their trial, their honor trial, or awaiting results. It is a class that must be chronicled and studied at a granular level from a sociological and military perspective, because it camewe applied at probably the nadir of commitment to the military in the nation. I distinctly remember that. In 1987, he founded Pioneer Futures, one of the top fifty futures commission merchants in the US. Did your class feel shamed by this, you think? [2] He is the former chairman of the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), and the founder and chairman of Virtu Financial. Exactly, you know. But our close, most closely contacted the officers that we had most close contact withour instructors and our tactical officers and trainersthey were all Vietnam. And remember, from the first day youre here, you understand what singularity isyou understand what singularity is. My classmates used to tease methey said I had a very, very thick rubber band that was sewed in my back, and it would only stretch up to West Point and then spring back to my neighborhood in Brooklyn. Many just did it almost as a social activity. But [being] an American was critical to his deepest identity. One was the cadets who were completely indignant, and almost felt they should be able to cheat, and were very reactive to the potential that they could be thrown out for an honor scandal which was and should be the standardstarted to agitate, basically against the whole surety of the honor code as it was being practiced. So this family pulsed with a patriotic sense of duty to this country that gave us a great life. Jan. 18, 2017. Mr. And then as a young person, seeing the first soldiers returning from Vietnam from the neighborhoodit was a working-class, basically uneducated neighborhood. The Brooklyn Heights home of billionaire Vincent Viola and his wife, Teresa, sold for $25.5 million in a deal that went through on Christmas Eve, according to public records. Well, of course, as a young man, you yearn for it to be a chivalrous and successful national mission and national adventure. Excellent reporting. Integrity honestyattempting to become an ever-improving subject matter expert. Right, 1982the stock market rally begins in late August of 1982, and as we all know, the beginnings of long-term economic expansions dont feel like theyre going to be long-term economic expansions. And theres a phenomenal awareness of graduates and cadets that the experience at the Academy is so pervasive, it internalizes so deeply, because your physical experience is so commanded and defined by your cadet duties and schedule, that its almost osmotic. [8], Viola has launched a number of businesses during his career. The home's billionaire owner, Vincent Viola, who owns the Florida Panthers, nearly sold the home once before. Spring through Firstyeah. And Branch Night wasoh, it was the best days of my life, being a platoon leader in the 101st Airborne Division was justfor someone who always desired to lead soldiers and experience the feeling of building an esprit and a camaraderie, it was just simply amazing. Yeah. The Corps has. In other words, the Corps has seen its better daysits not like it used to be. And if you did, why? And I guess bring it to the next level of the honor procedure. Cifu currently serves on the board of directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the board of visitors of Columbia College at Columbia University. Under his leadership, the Panthers have continued to further these efforts both on and off the ice, including the revitalization of Fort Lauderdale's historic War Memorial Auditorium and construction of a two-sheet team practice and community ice facility-the Baptist Health IcePlex-which will host an array of community hockey and skating programs and increase access to the sport of hockey to thousands of tri-county residents. Thats good, because the principles at demand for combat leadership, they really dont change. And I remember the impact it had on his family, especially his dad, who served so honorably in World War II. According to Forbes, which ranks Violas current real time net worth as $3.4 billion, Viola used the money to splurge on real estate including the $10-million purchase of a pair of beachfront condos in Fort Lauderdales Auberge Beach Residences & Spa. (Getty) The 59-year-old Viola is currently ranked #474 on the Forbes 400 list and is ranked #338 among billionaires in the U.S. Of all the locations this generational defender was expected to choose next on his managerial journey, a stint at a freshly relegated Lancastrian club was not on the list. I think youthis place overwhelms you in a positive sense. So we were together in the same company for the first three years of my cadet career until the scandal. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Vincent Viola is our Founder and has served as our Executive Chairman since November 2013. Public shareholders own whats known as Class A shares in Virtu. Ill veer off to a very interesting story. Anyway, to make a very, very long story short, we get to the town, people start collecting around my dad spontaneouslybecause its a very small town, even in 1980. I remember a Major Davison, in military instructionI think, believe he was class of 1964. He graduated from West Point in 1977 and New York Law School in 1983. Douglas A. Cifu - Vice Chairman, Partner & Alternate Governor. [27] In January 2021, they sold their townhouse in the Brooklyn Heights Historical District for $25.5 million, setting a borough record. Everybody violated the honor code, so they were just following the trend kind of thing. The complaint accuses Virtu of many months of delays, misdirection and gaslighting while withholding records necessary to its investigation, such as how much cash has been paid out to Viola. Right. [20], Viola withdrew himself from consideration for the position on February 3, 2017, citing his inability to comply with Pentagon regulations regarding personal businesses. 55 which suspects its been cheated. And the captain said, Wellmy dad was not bold enough to say, Id like to bring them food or something. He would just figure outso the captain gave him a day pass to go and visit his family, and suggested that he bring some food and other supplies, sundries to them. I heard the County Commission gave former owner Wayne Huizenga the keys to the farm and those keys got turned over to the subsequent owners when they bought the team. So for me, it was quite an abrupt andbut heartening transition. Viola later withdrew, however, citing business conflicts. 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