Home: Pearl River, NY. Age: 48. Profession: Wealth management. Organization: Hudson Companies. Title: CEO. Significant other: My wife, Katy Conover. Alma mater: Fordham University.
Current project: NIL in college sports – advising college athletes and their families, developing a substance abuse outpatient facility in New York. Hobbies: Watching my children play sports, playing golf, supporting local charitable and church initiatives. Last book read: No Hero, by Mark Owen.
Personality profile: Smart, engaging, compassionate, reliable, quick-witted. What one word would your closest friend use to describe you? Reliable. How do you define a perfect friendship? Someone you can trust, be honest with and who will defend you in rooms you are not in. How do you define an ideal business relationship? Uncompromising ethics. Putting clients’ interests ahead of your own. What is your greatest joy? Watching my family grow. What occupation, other than your own, do you most admire? Professional sports coaches.
What was your first paying job? Burger King and KFC. What was your favorite childhood toy or game? Sega Genesis. What’s the best advice you received in your career? You are who you surround yourself with. What modern technology innovation do you most appreciate? Tesla self-driving and AI. What is your go-to source of news and information? X (formerly Twitter).
What change would you like to see in the world?
Everyone really dialing back the division and hate they show one another.
What mega-trend most excites you? The advancement of space exploration. What mega-trend most concerns you? Artificial Intelligence without some inherent morality.
Who would you like to spend an evening with, in heaven? My dad. After your loved ones, what object would you first save from your burning home? The picture books that my wife made of my children growing up. How would you choose to spend tomorrow, if you knew it was your last day on earth? I’d hope it was warm out, and I’d just sit on the beach with my family. What advice would you give your younger self? Invest in yourself, learn skills, travel, read and explore. The best investment you can make is in your own growth.
Personal mission: Whether in my work or in my personal life, I want to help people, as many people as I can, however I can. Favorite quote: “He who has a ‘why’ to live for can bear most any ‘how’” (Viktor Frankl in Man’s Search for Meaning).
