Paul J. Hondros is the controlling equity holder and chief executive of the AlphaOne entities. He has more than thirty (30) years of investment industry experience and serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of AlphaOne Capital Partners.
Mr. Hondros was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Gartmore Group ("Gartmore"), a global asset management company overseeing over $85 billion in assets and over $12 billion in alternative investments. Mr. Hondros founded Villanova Capital, Inc. in 1998. In 2003, Villanova Capital, Inc. was merged into Gartmore Investment Management plc which Nationwide Insurance Company had bought in 2000. Following Nationwide's 2000 acquisition of London-based Gartmore Investment Management plc, Mr. Hondros assumed senior management oversight responsibilities at Gartmore and served as its Chairman.
From 2003 to September 2006, Mr. Hondros served as Chief Executive Officer for the Gartmore Group, which oversaw more than $85 billion in assets under management with staff of over 500 employees operating in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and Asia.
Before founding Villanova Capital, Mr. Hondros served briefly as President and Chief Operating Officer of Pilgrim Baxter & Associates, Ltd. From 1990 to 1997, Mr. Hondros worked with Fidelity Investments as the President and Chief Executive Officer of its Institutional Services Company and Individual Investor Groups. Mr. Hondros joined Fidelity from Pennsylvania-based SEI Investments, Inc., a global investment management, software and mutual fund services company, where he began his career in 1975 and rose to Executive Vice President.
Mr. Hondros holds a Bachelors degree in History from St. Joseph's University. He was appointed to the school's board of directors in May 2004 and now serves as its Chairman.
