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A Vietnam Vet Christos M. Cotsakos is founder and at one time chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer for E*TRADE Group, Inc., the global leader in online personal financial services. Mr. Cotsakos is considered to be one of the visionaries and leading founders of the e-commerce and e-finance revolution during the last 5 years. Made Internet trading hip with outrageous ads and got the attention of Wall Street's giants--forcing them to concoct their own Web schemes. Born and raised in Paterson, New Jersey, to a Greek/American Orthodox family Cotsakos was a 1965 graduate of Eastside High School. He will tell you -- "barely." His ambition was to build a financial powerhouse on the Net to match the breadth and influence of mighty Citigroup's brick-and-mortar operations. Served as co-chair for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, together with Senator Charles Hagel (Nebraska) and James Kimsey (founder of America Online). Currently Cotsakos is leading an effort to raise $40 million to build an educational center near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington to educated most of the walls younger visitors. Says Cotsakos, who left Vietnam's battlefield 37 years ago: "It was a character-defining moment for our nation." Links Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/
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