Founder of Atalanta Sosnoff, Mr. Sosnoff was formerly chairman of Atalanta Capital Corporation. He also was director of research at Starwood Corporation, a private investment firm, and research analyst at E.F. Hutton. Mr. Sosnoff has authored two books on the money management business, Humble on Wall Street (1975) and Silent Investor, Silent Loser (1986) and has been a columnist for The New York Post and Forbes Magazine. He is a trustee of Bard College and was an overseer at the Stern School of Business at New York University. Mr. Sosnoff earned a B.A. degree from City College of New York and an M.B.A. from New York University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Mr. Sosnoff is an equity participant of the firm. s