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2015-2016 Endeavor Miami Impact Report

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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. 19 2015/2016

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