EDDY ARRIOLA
CHAIRMAN & CEO, APOLLO BANK, MIAMI
Arriola founded the community bank, which has $900 million in assets, in the middle of the last financial crisis in 2010. “The only job I’ve ever held in banking is as chairman and CEO,” he says. “I have an entrepreneurial background and thought if I wanted a career in banking, might as well start at the top — so I started a bank.”
| EDUCATION | Boston College (BA) |
| SOMETHING SURPRISING | I competed in the National High School Wrestling Championship in Cedar Falls, Iowa. |
| FLORIDA LOVE | Living in Miami. It’s a mega-city like no other on Earth. I wish Miami was more connected to the rest of the state — politically and culturally. |
| ADMIRES | Henry Nahmad, CEO of EVI. He is the best CEO of a publicly traded company in the state — someone to watch out for and someone I trust. |
| READING | My summer plans are to read everything by Larry McMurtry that I haven’t already read. |