Michael Gideon is Co-President & Co-CEO of Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc.   In his current role, Mr. Gideon is responsible for leading the firm’s strategic direction of the Equity Trading division.  He helps drive Ladenburg’s business development efforts in all aspects of trading, operations, and compliance.  Mr. Gideon has over 16 years of experience in the financial services industry. Previously, he spent ten years at The Benchmark Company, LLC in a dual role managing firm operations and trading institutional client order flow.  Mr. Gideon earned his BS in Business Finance from Monmouth University and currently holds the Series 7, 63, 55, 24, 4, and 27.