Alexander Cappello
Chairman & CEO
Cappello Global LLC
Alexander Cappello founded Cappello Global over 47 years ago, one of the oldest and most respected independent investment banks, with its principals completing over $155 billion in transactions in 50+ countries. Cappello is a long-time director and/or past lead director or chairman of Cheesecake Factory and Virco Manufacturing, and was recently named to the board of Navidea Biopharmaceuticals and several other public companies in the US, UK and Europe. He has served on three bank boards as a co-founder and many non-profits.
An experienced speaker and author, Cappello has been a guest lecturer at the USC, UCLA and Harvard business schools, as well as numerous YPO, WPO, YEO and CEO International Universities and business conferences. In 2006 YPO honored him by naming one of its highest global recognitions awards the Alexander L. Cappello Annual Award. He is a contributing author of the published book, The New Investor Relations.