Founder-led companies: What investors need to knowBY LAWRENCE LAM | FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025 9:00AMFounder-led companies have long been a lucrative hunting ground for investors.
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CARMELO VIOLA
PARTNER, MANAGING DIRECTOR
VIOLA PRIVATE WEALTH
PARTNER, MANAGING DIRECTOR
VIOLA PRIVATE WEALTH
Viola Private Wealth executive chair, founding partner, and adviser Charlie Viola has worked hard to build his personal brand, and it shows. Viola's face is plastered across financial services media. This ubiquity, however, isn't without rhyme or reason. Andrew McKean writes.