Anthony Rock
Entrepreneur, Investor, Advisor and Board Member
- Role
- Co-founder and Chief Financial Officer at Enlightenment Wines Farm & Meadery, Llc
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Anthony Rock
Anthony Rock is a mission and community-oriented entrepreneur, social impact investor and Board Chair. His 30 year business career includes senior-level positions with global financial institutions including France based Credit Industriel et Commercial and Japan based Mitsubishi Trust. As a financial services executive and leveraged credit portfolio manager, Tony successfully lead investment teams and allocated over $5.0 billion in capital. Tony is the Founder and President of Rock Impact Capital (a New York based corporation that invests in and advises early stage social enterprises in Africa) and Co-founder of Enlightenment Wines (a Brooklyn New York based farm winery). He is also Board Chair of Prosperity Catalyst (a not-for-profit focused on economically empowering women in distressed regions). Tony received an MBA from Columbia University and a BA in History from Hamilton College. He also completed coursework at Kings College, University of London and the University of Oxford.
Experience
Co-founder and Chief Financial Officer
Enlightenment Wines Farm & Meadery, Llc
Jan 2014 — Present · Brooklyn, NY, US
Enlightenment Wines is a premium herbal and botanical winery with operations located in Brooklyn and the Hudson Valley. Lauded by GQ, The New Yorker and The New York Times, Enlightenment Wines produces and markets small batch mead spontaneously fermented from regional honey, foraged herbs, and local fruit. Collaborated with two partners in all aspects of conceiving, financing, developing and scaling the business. Currently serving as Chief Financial Officer.
Education
Columbia University - Columbia Business School
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Marketing
1987 — 1989
King's College London
Visiting Student, History
1983 — 1984
Hamilton College
Bachelor of Arts (BA), History
1981 — 1985
Université de Moncton
French immersion program during summer of 2013.
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