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Skin in the game
CARMELO VIOLA
EXECUTIVE CHAIR, PARTNER, MANAGING DIRECTOR
VIOLA PRIVATE WEALTH
EXECUTIVE CHAIR, 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.









