ALEXANDER CAPPELLO
Chairman; CEO
Cappello Global, LLC
Alexander Cappello founded his investment and merchant banking operations over 50 years ago while a student at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. It is one of the oldest and most respected independent middle-market focused investment banks in existence, and its principals have closed over $160 billion in transaction value in over 65 countries globally. Cappello is a long-time board director (former lead director) and current chairman of the compensation committee of Cheesecake Factory and former lead director of Virco Manufacturing.
Cappello was a founding board member of two banks and has served on three total bank boards. He served an eight-year term as a trustee and chairman and is presently a member of the Investment Committee for City of Hope. Under his leadership as chairman, assets under management grew from $150 million to $2.5 billion.
