Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> June 15, 2000

Arthur Kontos – National Discount Brokers Group (ndb)

Arthur Kontos was born in Lamia, Greece. In 1954 he moved to the United States. He joined the army in 1964 and served his country for two years. After serving, he landed his first Wall Street job at Carter Walker as an order clerk. Mr. Kontos attended the Executive program (Temp) at the University of Virginia. In 1978 he became President/CEO of Troster Singer. He served in that position for 18 years. At the same time he was also a General Partner at Spear Leeds and Kellogg. In October 1988 he became the President/CEO of National Discount Brokers Group, Inc., a position he currently holds. Profile
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