Enzo Villani is the President and CEO of Villani Advisors, LLC. A Strategy and M&A advisory firm. Since 2006, Enzo has completed over $350 million in acquisitions focused on the investor relations, corporate communications, financial technology, media, and trading exchange industries.
Before launching Villani Advisors, Enzo was co-founder, EVP & Chief Strategy Officer of DF King Worldwide (formerly Sage Holdings). D. F. King Worldwide is the leading global Stakeholder Management and Financial Communications firm. Formed in 2007 with as a private equity backed acquisition vehicle, the D. F. King Worldwide family now comprises of D. F. King & Co., M:Communications, Hallvarsson & Halvarsson, Capital Precision, Broadgate Consultants, Taylor Rafferty. D. F. King Worldwide employs over 900 professionals with offices in New York, London, Munich, Stockholm, Dubai, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Taipei.
Prior to launching DF King Worldwide, Enzo was Managing Director of Products and Strategy at the NASDAQ OMX. Enzo established NASDAQ Corporate Services through a series of alliances and acquisitions including Shareholder.com and Prime Zone Media Network (now GlobeNewswire). Corporate Services is now the fastest growing business line in NASDAQ OMX.
In 1998, Enzo co-founded Rivet Integrated Marketing. As CEO, Enzo developed a pioneering methodology for integrating traditional and interactive marketing. Rivet’s clients included: NASDAQ, Citibank, The Ford Foundation, R/GA, AOL Time Warner, Kx Systems and Track Data Securities which he sold out to his partners in 2001. Prior to Rivet, Enzo was Director of Internet Development at Integrated Office Solutions (IOS), a system integrator and Microsoft Gold Partner servicing the top 10 investment banks. Enzo pioneered early web design and development for Modem Media, Byron Preiss Multimedia, Marvel Entertainment, MSNBC, and Intel. Enzo holds a Masters in Business Administration from The Johnson School at Cornell University and completed his Bachelor of Arts from Iona College while working on the block equities desk for Lehman Brothers. He has studied at Pratt Institute and at The School of Visual Arts.
