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Thomas Belesis - CEO
Thomas Belesis is the founder and CEO of John Thomas Financial, a New York City-based financial services company. Following a successful career in brokerage and investment banking on Wall Street, Mr. Belesis founded John Thomas in 2007 with a vision toward connecting innovation and capital within emerging industries.
Mr. Belesis’ strong leadership and financial savvy helped to grow John Thomas Financial from a boutique broker-dealer and investment bank into what is now a global organization with several strategic affiliates including John Thomas Private Wealth Management, JTF Insurance and John Thomas Global Trading.
Mr. Belesis is committed to leveraging his private sector experience and financial expertise to address the trio of crises experienced by most of humanity today: water-food-energy. An Executive Board Member of the World Energy Forum since 2009, Mr. Belesis regularly collaborates with world leaders on global environmental issues. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of the United Nations Global Millennium Development Foundation, a non-governmental organization focused on raising money from the private sector in order to support eight specific U.N. goals from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS.
In January 2012, Mr. Belesis was named to the Board of Trustees of the New York Institute of Energy and Water, a mission-driven university that aims to create a new paradigm for sustainable development focused on energy, water and environment through higher education and research. John Thomas and its subsidiaries are active in funding alternative energy, coal, oil and gas as well as exploration companies both domestically and internationally.
Outside of his work at John Thomas Financial, Mr. Belesis' position as a leader extends beyond finance. Mr. Belesis received the Bronx GOP Man of the Year Award from former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani in 2009 and in 2011 the Businessman of the Year Award from the New York Republican County Committee. He is currently Co-Chairman of the New York State Republican Finance Committee.
Mr. Belesis is active in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society as well as Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research. Other nonprofit organizations Mr. Belesis contributes to include animal rights and rescue charities and the Greek America Foundation.
Mr. Belesis appears regularly on broadcast media, including FOX Business News and CNBC, as a panelist and contributing guest on issues regarding finance and the economy as well as national politics.
Mr. Belesis is committed to leveraging his private sector experience and financial expertise to address the trio of crises experienced by most of humanity today: water-food-energy. An Executive Board Member of the World Energy Forum since 2009, Mr. Belesis regularly collaborates with world leaders on global environmental issues. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of the United Nations Global Millennium Development Foundation, a non-governmental organization focused on raising money from the private sector in order to support eight specific U.N. goals from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS.
In January 2012, Mr. Belesis was named to the Board of Trustees of the New York Institute of Energy and Water, a mission-driven university that aims to create a new paradigm for sustainable development focused on energy, water and environment through higher education and research. John Thomas and its subsidiaries are active in funding alternative energy, coal, oil and gas as well as exploration companies both domestically and internationally.
Outside of his work at John Thomas Financial, Mr. Belesis' position as a leader extends beyond finance. Mr. Belesis received the Bronx GOP Man of the Year Award from former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani in 2009 and in 2011 the Businessman of the Year Award from the New York Republican County Committee. He is currently Co-Chairman of the New York State Republican Finance Committee.
Mr. Belesis is active in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society as well as Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research. Other nonprofit organizations Mr. Belesis contributes to include animal rights and rescue charities and the Greek America Foundation.
Mr. Belesis appears regularly on broadcast media, including FOX Business News and CNBC, as a panelist and contributing guest on issues regarding finance and the economy as well as national politics.
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