DONATO MONTANARO
CO-FOUNDER, FORMER CEO, TRADEKING GROUP
FORMER PRESIDENT, BROKERAGE AND WEALTH MANAGEMENT, ALLY FINANCIAL
MENTOR
SPOTLIGHT
TradeKing's online brokerage business
provides online trading tools, including a
social networking platform, for self-directed
investors to buy and sell stocks, options,
bonds and mutual funds electronically or by
phone. Don and his Co-Founders launched
TradeKing in 2005 in Boca Raton. Moving to
a bigger location on Fort Lauderdale's Las
Olas Boulevard in 2010, Don and his team
created more than 50 new local jobs in the
area. The business currently employs more
than 150 people, with primary operations
in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, and Charlotte, N.C.
This past April, Ally Financial (NYSE: ALLY)
acquired TradeKing Group. By making
TradeKing a part of a larger digital financial
services organization with banking, credit
card and auto finance products, in addition
to an ever-growing portfolio of wealth
management solutions, this acquisition
provides new, expanded opportunities for
TradeKing's Ft. Lauderdale-based employees.
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