Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> February 16, 2004
LEONARD J. SOKOLOW has been a Director of vFinance since November 8,
1997, Chief Executive Officer since November 8, 1999, and President
since January 5, 2001. From November 8, 1999, through January 4, 2001,
Mr. Sokolow was Vice Chairman of the Board. Since September 1996, Mr.
Sokolow has been President of Union Atlantic LC, a merchant, banking and
strategic consulting firm specializing domestically and internationally
in technology industries that is a wholly owned subsidiary of vFinance.
Since August 1993, Mr. Sokolow has been President of Genesis Partners,
Inc., a private financial business-consulting firm. From August 1994
through December 1998, Mr. Sokolow was the Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of the Americas Growth Fund, Inc., a public closed-end
management investment company. Mr. Sokolow presently serves as a
Director of Advanced Electronics Support Products, Inc., a worldwide
distributor and manufacturer of active and passive networking components
traded on NASDAQ. Mr. Sokolow received a BA degree with majors in
Economics and Accounting from the University of Florida in 1977, a JD
degree from the University of Florida School of Law in 1980 and an LLM
(Taxation) degree from the New York University Graduate School of Law in
1982. Mr. Sokolow is a Certified Public Accountant. Profile
Mr. Sokolow: vFinance is positioned to become the leading financial
services firm serving the middle-market. We were founded in 1999
