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Bryant R. Riley is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of B. Riley Financial Inc.; Chairman of B. Riley & Co., LLC, (B. RILEY), a leading full service investment bank which he founded in 1997; and CEO, B. Riley Capital Management, LLC, a SEC Registered Investment Advisor. Mr. Riley currently sits on the board of privately-held Lightbridge Communications Corp. Earlier, Mr. Riley held Board positions at Alliance Semiconductor Corporation, Aldila Inc., Cadiz Inc., Carreker Corporation, DDI Corp., Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc., Celeritek, Inc., Kitty Hawk Inc., Mossimo Inc., National Holdings Corporation, SI Technologies, Inc., Silicon Storage Technologies, Strasbaugh, STR Holdings, Inc., Trans World Entertainment and Transmeta Corp. Prior to founding B. RILEY, he held a variety of positions in the brokerage industry, primarily as an institutional salesman and trader. From October 1993 to January 1997 Mr. Riley was a co-head of Equity at Dabney-Resnick, Inc., a Los Angeles-based brokerage firm. From 1991 to 1993 he was a co-founder of Huberman-Riley, a Texas-based brokerage firm. Mr. Riley holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Lehigh University.

Wesley Robert Edens (born October 30, 1961) is an American businessman and private equity investor. He is the co-founder of Fortress Investment Group and founder of New Fortress Energy. Edens is co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks NBA team franchise based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, along with Marc Lasry. He also owns the eSports team FlyQuest and, along with Nassef Sawiris, became majority shareholder of the English Premier League club Aston Villa in July 2018.