What companies or organizations has david gentile worked for and in what roles?
Executive summary
David Gentile is identified in reporting as the founder, co‑founder, owner and former chief executive officer of GPB Capital Holdings (also written GPB Capital), and before GPB he worked for 25 years as an accountant at Gentile Pismeny & Brengel (GP&B) and provided financial and strategic advisory services to private and public companies [1] [2] [3]. Federal prosecutors say he and partners worked closely with Ascendant Capital (a marketing firm founded by Jeffry Schneider) to market GPB funds to investors; Gentile and Schneider were repeatedly described as the senior leaders of GPB’s fundraising and operations [1] [4].
1. Founder and CEO of GPB Capital — the role at the center of the prosecutions
David Gentile is repeatedly described in government filings and news reports as the founder, sole managing member, owner and chief executive officer (CEO) of GPB Capital Holdings, LLC, the private‑placement manager that raised roughly $1.6 billion for several GPB funds [1] [4]. DOJ and federal prosecutors say Gentile led GPB’s strategy, oversaw investment policy and played a central role pitching broker‑dealers and registered investment advisors for the GPB funds [1] [4].
2. Prior career as an accountant at Gentile Pismeny & Brengel (GP&B)
Multiple biographical listings and a state complaint say Gentile spent roughly 25 years in the corporate advisory and accounting practice of Gentile Pismeny & Brengel (GP&B) in New York, providing financial and strategic advisory services to clients before founding GPB in 2013 [2] [5] [3]. Reporting notes he was a “former accountant” who transitioned from that practice to start GPB [3].
3. Working relationship with Ascendant Capital and Jeffry Schneider
The Justice Department and press coverage identify Ascendant Capital, founded by Jeffry Schneider, as the marketing partner that helped sell GPB’s private funds. Prosecutors say Gentile and Schneider “worked closely together” on operation and marketing, and both were personally involved in fundraising pitches; court documents portray Schneider as GPB’s sales and distribution counterpart [1] [4] [6].
4. Descriptions by prosecutors and courts of responsibilities and conduct
Official DOJ statements and court filings frame Gentile as the senior operator responsible for fund management and decision‑making at GPB, alleging misuse of investor capital, misleading investor representations and payments routed to create the appearance of success; those allegations underpinned fraud, wire fraud and securities charges and his conviction [1] [4]. The state complaint also calls him one of the two leaders of the scheme and notes he “has been its sole managing member” since GPB’s founding [3].
5. Public bios and corporate profiles vs. government characterizations
Public profiles (about.me, Crunchbase) emphasize Gentile’s responsibilities running GPB and his prior advisory/accounting career, describing him as responsible for strategy, investment oversight and leadership of GPB’s investment committee; these bios mirror his self‑presented corporate role even as prosecutors later focused on alleged misconduct within those roles [2] [5]. Government releases, by contrast, stress the alleged criminal misuse of those roles in a $1.6 billion fundraising operation [1] [4].
6. What the reporting does not document about other employers or titles
Available sources do not mention Gentile holding other named corporate senior roles outside GPB Capital and his long tenure at GP&B; they do not list additional companies where he served in named executive positions beyond GPB or other formal titles beyond those already cited [2] [3]. If you seek a complete CV or employment history, current reporting in these sources is limited to GPB, GP&B and his operational partnership with Ascendant Capital via Schneider [1] [4].
7. Conflicting framings and implicit agendas in sources
Mainstream outlets and DOJ statements emphasize criminal findings and the scale of alleged investor harm in the $1.6 billion fundraising [1] [4]. Some outlets covering the commutation focus on the political optics of clemency rather than granular biography, which can shift attention from corporate history to presidential action [7] [8]. Biographical pages and Crunchbase present the professional resume without the prosecutorial context, reflecting a potential promotional agenda [2] [5].
Limitations: this summary uses only the supplied results and cites them directly; other reporting or primary documents (e.g., SEC filings, Gentile’s full resume, GPB corporate records) are not included in the provided set and therefore are not represented here [1] [2] [3].