John J. Pileggi
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John J. Pileggi
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
MUTUAL FUNDS
HEDGE FUNDS
PRIME BROKERAGE
RETAIL INVESTMENT SERVICES
DEFINED BENEFIT
DEFINED CONTRIBUTION
  • John Pileggi is CIO of Uncommon Giving, a revolutionary Generosity Ecosystem.
  •  He is also Senior Advisor Millennium Bridge Capital, a leading Private Equity Firm.
  • He previosuly was CEO of RiskX Investments, which was formed from the merger of American Indepdendence Financial Services and FolioMetrix.





  • As Managing Partner and Founder of the firm, John Pileggi focuses on overseeing top-rated mutual funds, separately managed accounts and other investment products for institutional and retail investors.  Mr. Pileggi also directs the strategic growth of the firm and has spearheaded corporate acquisitions, joint ventures and adoptions, including the acquisition of INTRUST Bank's $500 million mutual funds advisory business.  American Independence later adopted the mutual fund business of FFTW, a unit of BNP Paribas.
    Before John Pileggi established American Independence Financial Services, he served in multiple senior-level positions for Mercantile Bankshares Corporation. Mr. Pileggi served as CEO of Mercantile Investment & Wealth Management and President and CEO of Mercantile Capital Advisors, Mercantile Mutual Funds, and Mercantile Hedge Funds. As the head of Mercantile's Investment & Wealth Management Division, Mr. Pileggi was responsible for discretionary assets in excess of $21 billion and $25 billion in assets under administration, including personal trust and agency, ERISA, Taft-Hartley, endowments, and foundations.   Under his leadership, a stagnant franchise saw unprecedented increases in sales and revenue.  Mr. Pileggi also initiated numerous strategic undertakings and acquisitions for Mercantile, including the acquisitions of a multibillion-dollar asset management company and a regional broker/dealer, and the start-up of an independent registered investment advisor. Beyond M&A, Mercantile Investment and Wealth Management reduced expenditures by outsourcing work and reorganizing inefficient internal operations.

    Prior to his service with Mercantile, Mr. Pileggi was President and CEO for PlusFunds. John Pileggi was specifically appointed by PlusFunds (its Board of Directors included Walter Wriston) to reorganize the company. In one year, Mr. Pileggi successfully reduced the company's multimillion "burn rate" to almost zero and restructured the firm from a dot-com into a provider of an Investable Hedge Fund Index.

    Before joining PlusFunds, John Pileggi served as President and CEO of numerous divisions of ING Financial, including ING Mutual Funds Management Co., ING Funds Distributor LLC, ING Investment Products Distribution, and ING Retirement Services. Mr. Pileggi was also Chairman and President of ING Mutual Funds and a Member of the Executive Committee for ING US Financial Services.

    Previously, John Pileggi served as Senior Managing Director and Member of the Board for Furman Selz LLC, where the mutual funds business grew to over $30 billion, and clients included many major banking and independent investment management organizations.  Furman Selz was acquired by Xerox FInancial Services in 1987.  Mr. Pileggi was part of a team that reacquired the firm in 1992. Furman Selz was acquired by ING in 1997.

    He began his career in various positions with Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb.

JOHN J. PILEGGI


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