
Glenn Edward Best received his B.A. in Economics from Colgate University, Hamilton, NY in 1973, and was admitted as one of eighteen minority students. As a young man from Brooklyn, NY, he was awarded the prestigious National Achievement Scholarship and the New York State Regents Scholarship. Mr. Best began his career as a broker and analyst at Weinberg Bros. /American Futures, one of Wall Street’s oldest commodity firms and the founder of the International Monetary Market. Next, Mr. Best joined Lux Investor Services as Senior Vice President. Lux Investor Services is a boutique investment banking firm involved in leveraged buyouts.
In 1992, Mr. Best founded GEB Securities, a NASD broker/dealer, which was approved as a direct dealer for Freddie Mac, a stockholder-owned corporation chartered by Congress in 1970 to create a continuous flow of funds to mortgage lenders in support of homeownership and rental housing. In addition, GEB Securities, Inc. was only the second minority firm approved as a broker for the California State Teachers Retirement System. As Managing Director of GEB Financial, Mr. Best is an established member of the securities industry. Mr. Best has been engaged in various aspects of securities analysis, capital markets and portfolio management for both institutional and retail clients for over twenty years.
Mr. Best also is an official member of Mensa, the intellectual society which welcomes people from every walk of life whose IQ is in the top 2% of the population, with the objective of enjoying each other's company and participating in a wide range of social and cultural activities. Mr. Best is involved in many community efforts as well. He has been appointed a member of the Belleair Rotarians whose motto is "Service above self" and is the Treasurer for the Uno Federation, a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to advocacy and expanding the inclusion of all people into the American dream. He was also a fundraiser for the World Literacy Crusade, a non-profit organization dedicated to eradicating illiteracy on the planet.
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