Dovi Frances

Dovi Frances
Born	November 20, 1978 (1978-11-20) (age 32) Tel Aviv, Israel
Residence	Beverly Hills, California
Alma mater	Ben Gurion University, UCLA Anderson School of Management
Occupation	Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, and President of SG Acquisitions [1]

Dovi Frances (born November 20, 1978) is an international financier, an entrepreneur, and president of SG Acquisitions residing in Beverly Hills, California.

Born in Tel Aviv, Israel^[2] to an eastern European family of Holocaust survivors, Frances served as a Company Commander (Captain) in the Israeli Defense Force stationed in the Gaza Strip and Negev Desert. After his military service in 2000, he was a Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Mitsubishi Motors and Hyundai Motor Company’s largest subsidiaries in Israel. In 2005, Frances earned his dual BA from the Ben Gurion University in Business Administration and Psychology and graduated in June 2008 with a Masters in Business Administration in Finance and Marketing from UCLA Anderson School of Management. Following UCLA, he joined Deutsche Bank as a private banker in their Los Angeles office^[3].

On February 1, 2011, Frances was named president of SG Acquisitions, LLC^[4]. SG Acquisitions is a multifaceted investment firm and family-office owned by billionaire Sergey Grishin. Frances and Grishin are the co-founders of SG Premier Lending Group and SG Private Wealth Advisors.

Frances is an angel investor in mobile technology company TekTrak^[5] and the social media platform Groop Therapy^[6]. He serves on the board of the Jewish charity organization Jewish Graduate Student Initiative (JGSI)^[7].

On September 30, 2011, Frances was awarded Pacific Coast Business Times' 40 Under 40 award recognizing entrepreneurs and business leaders under the age of 40. ^[8][9] He holds a security registered representative Series 63 and Series 7 with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the State of California.

References

1. ^ PR Newswire. Businessweek. (February 1st, 2011). "Dovi Frances named President of SG Acquisitions". http://bx.businessweek.com/ucla-anderson-school/dovi-frances-named-president-of-sg-acquisitions-llc/1597605402905060239-72716dc532a9c988b6fbe9a9ad8c2ac0/. Retrieved September 13, 2011. 
2. ^ Danielle Berrin, The Jewish Journal (April 25, 2011). "The Art of Success". http://www.jewishjournal.com/tribe/article/the_art_of_success_20110425/. Retrieved September 13, 2011. 
3. ^ Wealth Management News. "Wealth Management News". http://www.wealthmanagementnews.com/html/article.php?id=34886&src=. Retrieved September 13, 2011. 
4. ^ PR Newswire. Reuters. (February 1st, 2011). "Dovi Frances Named President of SG Acquisitions, LLC". http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/01/idUS264621+01-Feb-2011+PRN20110201. Retrieved September 13th, 2011. 
5. ^ Bambi Francisco Roizen (July 11, 2011). "TekTrak available on Samsung Apps". http://vator.tv/news/2013-03-01-tektrak-available-on-samsung-apps. Retrieved September 13, 2011. 
6. ^ Batya Feldman (July 27, 2011). "Billionaire Grishin looking for start - ups investment in Israeli". http://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1000668334. Retrieved September 13, 2011. 
7. ^ Jewish Graduate Student Initiative Board and Leadership. "(JGSI)". http://jgsila.org/leadership. Retrieved September 13, 2011. 
8. ^ PR Newswire. Yahoo Finance. (September 30th, 2011). "Dovi Frances Named ’40 Under 40’". http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Dovi-Frances-Named-40-Under-prnews-3199493209.html?x=0&.v=1. Retrieved September 30th, 2011. 
9. ^ Pacific Coast Business Times. (September 30th, 2011). "Pacific Coast Business Times ’40 Under 40’". http://pacbiztimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/40Under40Cover1.jpg. Retrieved September 30th, 2011.