Matthew M. Zaifert

Steel Partners, Inc. manufactures chandeliers, sconces and vanity lights. It offers compliant fixtures, dark sky approved fixtures and fluorescent wiring options. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Chehalis, WA.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

Glenmede Investment Management LP (GIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded in 2007 and is a successor to Glenmede Advisers. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of The Glenmede Trust Co., NA, a subsidiary of The Glenmede Corp. GIM provides discretionary investment advisory services to institutional investors.

Knight Capital Group, Inc. is a global financial services firm, which provides access to the capital markets across multiple asset classes to a broad network of clients, including buy and sell side firms, dealers, brokers, institutions, and corporations. It operates business through four segments: Market Making, Institutional Sales and Trading, Electronic Execution Services and Corporate and Other. The Market Making segment consists of market making in global equities and listed domestic options. It includes client, and to a lesser extent, non-client electronic market making activities in which they operate as a market maker in equity securities. The Institutional Sales and Trading segment includes global equity, exchange traded funds and fixed income sales and trading; reverse mortgage origination and securitization; capital markets; and asset management activities. Its business consists of execution and facilitation equities and fixed income transactions as agent on behalf of institutional clients, and they commit capital on behalf of its clients when needed. The Electronic Execution Services segment offers access via its electronic agency-based platforms to markets and self-directed trading in equities, equity options, fixed income, foreign exchange and futures contracts. The Corporate and Other segment invests in strategic financial services-oriented opportunities, allocates, deploys and monitors all capital, and maintains corporate overhead expenses and all other income and expenses that are not attributable to the other segments. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Jersey City, NJ.

Credit Concepts, Inc. provides automobile financial services. It offers consumer and automobile loans and retail installment contracts. The company was founded in October, 1997 and is headquartered in Eugene, OR.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. is the investment bank and brokerage subsidiary of CFS CF & Co. I Holdings LP, which is owned by Cantor Fitzgerald LP in the US. The firm was founded by Bernie Gerald Cantor and John Fitzgerald in 1945. Headquartered in New York City, Cantor Fitzgerald offers clients a global, multi-asset prime brokerage platform with a focus on the quality middle market.

Instinet LLC is a SEC-registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is the equities execution services arm of the Nomura Group. The firm was founded in 1969 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Instinet Holdings, Inc., which is ultimately owned by Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8604) in Japan. Instinet offers the institutional investment community a suite of tailorable solutions, which includes market insights and commentary, full-service trading desks, advanced algorithmic trading strategies, access to unique and specialized liquidity via their array of crossing pools, and a set of workflow solutions.

Part of First Horizon Corp. (Tennessee), FTN Financial Capital Markets is an American company that provides investment services. The company is based in Memphis.

Mutual Securities, Inc. provides investment advice. The private company is based in Camarillo, CA.

Apple Seeds LLC operates indoor playgrounds. The firm offers music, art, cooking, science, dance, and language classes, a hair salon for kids, a bookstore, and a healthful snack bar. It also hosts birthday parties, play dates, and corporate events. The company was founded by Allison Schlanger, Alison Qualter Berna, Craig Schlanger, and Robert Berna in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Part of The Toronto-Dominion Bank, Henderson Brothers Holdings, Inc. is a broker-dealer specialist at the New York Stock Exchange. Henderson Brothers Holdings, Inc. is based in New York, NY. Henderson Brothers Holdings was acquired by LaBranche & Co., Inc., part of The Toronto-Dominion Bank from June 28, 2011 on March 02, 2000 for $230 million.

Fordham University provides college and university. It offers undergraduate colleges and graduate & professional schools. The company was founded in 1841 and is headquartered in Bronx, NY.

University of Miami (Florida) is a private research university with students from around the world that is focused on teaching and learning, the discovery of new knowledge, and service to the South Florida region and beyond. The university was founded in 1925 and it is headquartered in Coral Gables, FL.

New York Stock Exchange LLC operates securities exchange market. The company was founded in 1792 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

BTIG LLC is an institutional brokerage and fund services firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 2002 through the merger of Baypoint Trading LLC and Bass Trading LLC. They are a subsidiary of Condor Trading LP. BTIG offers institutional and corporate clients with personalized multi-asset class execution, expertise and insights worldwide across equities, equity derivatives, ETFs, fixed income, futures, commodities, foreign exchange, interest rates, credit, and convertible and preferred securities. The firm’s core capabilities include global sales, portfolio, electronic and outsource trading, transition management, investment banking, prime brokerage, capital introduction, corporate access, research and strategy, commission management and more.

Prime Executions, Inc. is an agency-only broker/dealer which was founded by Andrew Silverman in 1986. They are owned by Freedom Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: FRHC) in Kazakhstan. Headquartered in New York City, the firm executes shares for a wide variety of clients on both the Buy Side and Sell Side. As a qualified “Blue Line” NYSE floor brokerage firm, Prime is able to access liquidity in multiple marketplaces to fulfill its best execution obligation to their clientele.

Feenix Venture Partners LLC (Feenix Ventures) is a private equity subsidiary of Feenix Payment Systems LLC founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Founded in 2006, GreenHaven LLC is an investment advisor located in Atlanta, Georgia.

Per Scholas, Inc. has been providing rigorous training for careers in tech for over 25 years. The non-profit company is based in Bronx, NY. The company partner with various employer partners to builds sustainable and diverse talent pipelines, offering tuition-free training in the most in-demand tech skills. With national remote training and campuses in 20+ cities, they have trained over 20,000 individuals to launch high-growth tech careers, earning three times their pre-training wage. 85% of their learners are people of color, two in five are women, and more than half have a high school diploma as their highest education credential. The company was founded by John Hoyt Stookey and the CEOs are Geoff Stack and Plinio Ayala.

Part of Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Inc., Kellogg Capital Markets LLC is a company that provides market making and institutional broker-dealer services. The company is based in New York, NY.