[2] And when you arrived here, as you said, the country was undergoing a lot of social turmoil. Remember in the East Coast, the only place that was close was Fort Dix, and that wasnt a operational unit, it wasnt an operational base. Of course this reporting mirrors reports BEFORE the County after heavy lobbying n BEFORE Ft Lauderdale gave away the barn (War Memorial Auditorium) to this guy n his crew ALL IN EXCHANGE FOR RAINSTORMS OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. 954-603-1351, Florida Bulldog The Sexual Revolution was abound. 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. When General Goodpaster comes back, is that right? 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. 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. Most all of themI dont remember any that wasnt. And I remember hearing that, in fact, a group of professors had seen identical submissions from cadets, and it was uncanny, and therefore, they began to investigate. The numbers are staggering. 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. And thats 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. If you believe that you cannot effectivelyeffectively, comprehensively, lead more than four persons other than yourself on a physical day-to-day level, then everything you ever wanted to know about anything, youve learned in 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 I remember as a young man saying, Thats his life. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Viola splurged on real estate with stock sale proceeds, buying a beachfront Florida condo and spending $108 million on Arizona's tallest skyscraper. If you are slightly potentialed to want to be hereslightly potentialed in your deepest personality to be selflessif you have the United States of America as part of your core identityyou have to understand that the rewards of selfless leadership are enormously infectious. The honor committee became basically a full-time job for him, to the point where, as I remember, he missed many classes. He was an astute businessman and an extreme opportunist. [8], Viola has launched a number of businesses during his career. She and her husband also own St. Elias Stables, based in New York City. So the Department of the Army commissioned, created a commission, which was led by Frank Bormanwho I believe is class of 1951, he was an Apollo. Viola and his wife Teresa have three adult sons and live in New York City. 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. Now, my roommate is a person you should interview for this. And from the first day I entered the trading floor, I couldnt believe it, because it had many of the physical characteristics of being around a platoon environment. What was theit was not. Hes nowhere near as rich as he boasts, nor as poor as his critics claim. 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. "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.". And of course, my class suffered the honor scandal of 1976. We have a responsibility to address this direct public health threat that impacts the populations we serve as well as those who use our facilities. 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. People, soldiers dont judge other soldiers. This is what I wanted to ask you, and well close with this question cause we have to stop. FloridaPanthers.com is the official Web site of the Florida Panthers. 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. Mr. Viola, who was recognized in 2021 by Sports Business Journal for his advocacy in diverse and inclusive hiring, is one of four team owners on the NHL's Executive Inclusion Council to combat racism and accelerate diversity. 118 records for Vincent Viola. 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. [2] All NHL logos and marks and NHL team logos and marks as well as all other proprietary materials depicted herein are the property of the NHL and the respective NHL teams and may not be reproduced without the prior written consent of NHL Enterprises, L.P. [8], Viola began his business career as a trader in the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) in 1982, raising $10,000 to purchase a seat on the exchange. Davis is the fourth Black performer to win the quartet of awards after Whoopi Goldberg, John Legend, and Jennifer Hudson. So the storyIm saying the story had kind of gotI mean you had two kinds of wars here. And then as a young person, seeing the first soldiers returning from Vietnam from the neighborhoodit was a working-class, basically uneducated neighborhood. In 1988, he founded The Independent Bank Group, a Texas-based regional bank which is listed on NASDAQ (IBTX). Right. [18][6] In 2013, their Upper East Side townhouse was listed for sale at $114 million. 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. So here you are in Central Park South, a young man, and you are standing on Central Park South. While there, Cifu served as a member of the firm's Management Committee, Deputy Chairman of the Corporate Department, and Co-Head of the Private Equity Group. Jan. 18, 2017. One sort of out of the movies, in a sense, and the other one. Wonder when the last time the Panthers wrote Broward a rent check? My mom and dad were my dependentsand my younger brother were my dependents from the day I graduated. Yeah, I thinknow, I have to qualify this, because I left the Army after five years. Teresa runs the interior decorating company Maida Vale Designs and also owns Teresa Viola Racing Stables. A graduate of the U.S. Army Airborne, Air Assault, Infantry, and Ranger Schools, Mr. Viola served as an infantry officer in the 101st Airborne Division, and his dedication to the U.S. military additionally led to his creation of the Florida Panthers' Heroes Among Us program, which has honored hundreds of veterans, and counting, since its inception in 2013. Yeah. In 2003 he founded the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point to provide education and research about global terrorism. It simply says a cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, nor tolerate those who do. 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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. And. 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. Virtu now refuses to produce documents necessary to investigate the apparent wrongdoing.. Additionally, the suit says, Viola owns nonpublic, super-voting stock that lets him retain control over Virtu and Virtu LLC. And you went to a public school, I take itis that right? Hes down at Fort Monroe now, I thinkis that right? And its a very grave, simple, but singular point in which your responsibility to duty and your understanding of it intercedes with your desire to take it on. Integrity honestyattempting to become an ever-improving subject matter expert. 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. Absolutelyyeah, it did. How does that happen here? They were called, the term was used, Are you cool on honor? And I found this out later on as the scandal evolvedand. Ill neverI was startled, because I thought that this was a monolith, and I quickly realized that every individual cadets interpretation of duty and honor or country started from a very, very different perspective of what those words meant and how they internalized them. [9] Upon graduating from Brooklyn Technical High School, Viola attended the United States Military Academy. A 1977 West Point graduate, Viola trained as an airborne ranger infantry officer and served in the 101st Airborne Division. So it was not the Korean generation, you were being taught by people who were a little bit older than you are, thensenior officers? Vincent "Vinnie" Viola (born 1956) is an American billionaire businessman and U.S. Army veteran. These instructors you had at the time, they wereyou said some of them were Vietnam veterans. 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. 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. 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. And I remember reading an article in the daily news about the landing of the Marines in Vietnam, and even as a young person, sensing that this wasnt as grand a mission set as maybe World War II was. So branch night, I stood up and said, Infantry, with great pride. He was for several weeks President Donald Trump 's nominee for United States Secretary of the Army, before withdrawing from consideration. But I remember there was a formation, and I remember there were a host of names called out to fall out at the end of the formation. 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. Everyone has a different capacity or understanding of it, but the principles of the Academy are overwhelming, and they are sown into you. But [being] an American was critical to his deepest identity. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Virtu Financial and its predecessors since April 2008. I always knew I wanted to be an Infantry officer. What can security professionals do today to offset the threat of a catastrophic cryptography failure? 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. And so two or three fundamental challenges then faced the Academy. And so he had to retire with a very small disability pension. Im just trying to understand this. Electrical engineering, we refer to it as juiceit was one of the required engineering science courses that you had to take at the Academy. [2] He is the former chairman of the New York Mercantile Exchange , and the founder and chairman of Virtu Financial. I cameI was raised in Brooklyn, New York, and a very, very parochial, if not insulated, Italian-American neighborhood. [22][23][24] Viola founded a technology company, Rowan Technology Solutions, to support cadet education in the areas of military history, military science, and leadership. You have to study battle. 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). He also suffered from alcoholism from when he came home from World War II until my Yearling Year. They lived in a one-room house. Five years. And it was interesting, because again, that exercise was going on. Douglas A. Cifu - Vice Chairman, Partner & Alternate Governor. In the next two weeks, Maestro Gustavo Dudamel will conduct the LA Philharmonic in performing twice on three consecutive nights (Dec. 9-11; and Dec 15-17), the three acts of Richard Wagners Tristan and Isolde in a acclaimed production staged by innovative director Peter Sellars and with videos c Lacino custom bejeweled leather bowties are crafted with the technicality of the automotive industry, and are unlike anything on the market. He is the son of the late Thomas and the late Caterina (Verrastro) Viola. 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A few had very committed, intellectually grounded reasons for participating in these protests. The suit asks a judge to force the company, Virtu Financial Inc., to produce its books and records for inspection by the plaintiff the pension fund of Toledo, Ohios Iron Workers Local No. Well, and I remember my one buddy, who did go to collegetwo or three of us went to collegedescribing to me frat parties, you know. It's the most . All donations are tax deductible. And you walk into Wall Street, and suddenly it is an environment you can recognizeit seems familiar to you. 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. The protection of civil liberties was being focused upon. Florida Bulldog delivers fact-based watchdog reporting as a public service thats essential to a free and democratic society. [18], On December 19, 2016, then-President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Viola for the position of Secretary of the Army. Cause she wanted you to have another skill. And so I had to help financially, even while I was a cadet. Part of that was because we had some former soldiers in the company who were cadets throughout the four classes that were there any time, and part of it was because we had a tactical officerthen was at the rank of major, Major Joseph Kinzer an old-guard Infantry soldier who was a Vietnam combat veteran, a phenomenal infantryman and a fantastic tactical officer. In 2003, he founded and helped fund the Combating Terrorism Center at . My dad served in combat in World War II, many of my uncles did. Yeah. Mr. Viola's commitment to our nation's security led to his founding of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. 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