Ralph T Iannelli Jr.
Investor, executive, and business owner Ralph T. Iannelli Jr. is a 40-year veteran of the finance, venture capital, and technology markets. From the beginning of his career as a securities trader at a Wall Street firm to his current role as President and CEO of Essex Capital Corporation in Montecito, California, Ralph Iannelli has garnered a vast amount of experience and knowledge within the investment community.
Ralph Iannelli founded Essex Capital in 1993 as a funding provider to small companies seeking to lease assets rather than purchase them outright. In the years following the company’s inception, Mr. Iannelli has managed over $1 billion in funding and made numerous equity investments for a number of small to medium-sized firms both public and private. Ralph Iannelli currently maintains a portfolio of more than 15 different companies across several markets, including pharmaceuticals and health care, environment, e-commerce, and nonprofits. In addition to providing venture leasing and sale leaseback transactions, he employs creative financing options for companies in need of assets and has strong ties to banks and lenders through his own sales team and a network of brokers.
Ralph T. Iannelli Jr. moved Essex Capital into an historic, fully rehabilitated building in 2006 in Santa Barbara. He continues to remain active in the community, involved with several different educational institutions and local foundations, such as Bishop Garcia Diego High School; the Montecito Educational Foundation; givezooks!, Inc.; Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital; and the Santa Barbara Foundation. Ralph Iannelli teaches several classes at Loyola Marymount University and the University of California, Santa Barbara. He studied history at Saint Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, Indiana.
Ralph Iannelli founded Essex Capital in 1993 as a funding provider to small companies seeking to lease assets rather than purchase them outright. In the years following the company’s inception, Mr. Iannelli has managed over $1 billion in funding and made numerous equity investments for a number of small to medium-sized firms both public and private. Ralph Iannelli currently maintains a portfolio of more than 15 different companies across several markets, including pharmaceuticals and health care, environment, e-commerce, and nonprofits. In addition to providing venture leasing and sale leaseback transactions, he employs creative financing options for companies in need of assets and has strong ties to banks and lenders through his own sales team and a network of brokers.
Ralph T. Iannelli Jr. moved Essex Capital into an historic, fully rehabilitated building in 2006 in Santa Barbara. He continues to remain active in the community, involved with several different educational institutions and local foundations, such as Bishop Garcia Diego High School; the Montecito Educational Foundation; givezooks!, Inc.; Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital; and the Santa Barbara Foundation. Ralph Iannelli teaches several classes at Loyola Marymount University and the University of California, Santa Barbara. He studied history at Saint Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, Indiana.
