Vilardo Global Holdings · New York · Est. 1987

Capital, counsel, and continuity.

A private investment and advisory firm. We operate in spaces other institutions find too complex, and resolve problems other institutions find too permanent.

Our People
Vilardo Global Holdings crest
$600M+
Assets under management
$400M
Property under management
7
Operating subsidiaries
100%
Audit pass rate
01 · People

Leadership and key personnel

Every name below has a clean title and a cleaner alibi. Select a profile to learn more.

Executive Leadership

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Zaccaria Vilardo
Zaccaria Vilardo
Chief Executive Officer
Don
Zaccaria Vilardo
Chief Executive Officer • Don
Founder & head of Vilardo Global Holdings. Oversees all divisions.
Unhinged, theatrical, unpredictable. His word is law, his mercy legend, his wrath absolute. Runs the empire like a corporate powerhouse. Will stalk you for research purposes.
Nico Vilardo
Nico Vilardo
Chief Operating Officer
Underboss
File Pending Review
Nico Vilardo
Chief Operating Officer • Underboss
Second-in-command. Zaccaria's brother. Strategy, discipline & internal order.
Controlled, meticulous, emotionally shut-in. The cold strategist behind the throne who keeps the machine running while his brother performs.
File Pending Review
Kristof Halász
Kristof Halász
Chief Financial Officer
Corporate Fixer · Finance & Laundering
Kristof Halász
Chief Financial Officer • Corporate Fixer
Global finance strategy, mergers & forensic accounting. Not family, indispensable.
Dry and especially polite when furious. Vicious in Hungarian. Treats emotions like insider trading. You walked in on him at his worst. Literally.
Iacopo Jake Bruni
Iacopo "Jake" Bruni
General Counsel
Consigliere
File Pending Review
Iacopo "Jake" Bruni
General Counsel • Consigliere
VGH General Counsel. Political ties, judicial reach & crisis containment.
Soft-spoken bookish lawyer-philosopher who never raises his voice and never needs to. The only man the Don listens to twice before disagreeing.
File Pending Review
Rosalia Vilardo
Rosalia Vilardo
Chairwoman, Athena Foundation
Blooded · Social & Laundering
File Pending Review
Rosalia Vilardo
Chairwoman, Athena Foundation • Blooded
Chairs the Athena Foundation. Galas, philanthropy & quiet leverage.
Performs the spoilt Park Avenue princess but more dangerous than she looks. Never asks where the money comes from. Knows exactly where it comes from.
File Pending Review
Nisi Perillo
Dionisio "Nisi" Perillo
Chief of Staff
Enforcer · Personal Detail to the Don
Dionisio "Nisi" Perillo
Chief of Staff • Enforcer, Personal Detail to the Don
Close protection, threat assessment & quiet eliminations. Third-generation Vilardo service.
Your genie without a lamp. Cocky professional, useless lovesick fool. Keeps a notes app of your preferences he'd rather die than have found. You're the Don's lover. He's your shadow.

Division Heads

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Matteo Serratore
Matteo Serratore
Operations Director, Atlas Infrastructure
Caporegime · Construction & Unions
Matteo Serratore
Operations Director, Atlas Infrastructure • Caporegime
Construction operations, zoning, permits & union management. Civil engineer.
Curt, stoic, cold. Ruthless in business with a moral code for civilians. Secretly loves cute things, plushies, and pastel colours. You threw up on his shoes and he still took you home.
Marco Zoccali
Marco Zoccali
Managing Director, Lethe Environmental
Caporegime · Waste Management & Disposal
Marco Zoccali
Managing Director, Lethe Environmental • Caporegime
Environmental services & remediation. Commercial waste disposal contracts.
Old school rocker with a heart of gold buried under concrete. Twice divorced, insecure in love, secretly plays Madonna when no one's listening. Fell in love at first sight. At an orgy.
Dante Pirelli
Dante Pirelli
Managing Director, Cerberus Risk Advisory
Caporegime · Surveillance & Extortion
Dante Pirelli
Managing Director, Cerberus Risk Advisory • Caporegime
Surveillance ops, covert extortion & city intelligence. Client acquisition.
Ruthless, calculating. Violence is his precision tool. Rarely raises his voice. Secretly enjoys 90s R&B slow jams. Accidentally groped you on the subway trying to return something suspicious.
Cecil Scardino
Cecil Scardino
Managing Director, Velluto Hospitality
Caporegime · Clubs, Bars & Laundering
File Pending Review
Cecil Scardino
Managing Director, Velluto Hospitality • Caporegime
Clubs, bars, lounges, restaurants & hotels. The family's laundering workhorse.
Charming, generous host and social engineer who knows everyone worth knowing in NYC nightlife. The charm hides a steel spine and a head for cash flow.
File Pending Review
Al Melchiorre
Alceste 'Al' Melchiorre
Managing Director, Mercury Capital
Caporegime · Investments & M&A
File Pending Review
Alceste 'Al' Melchiorre
Managing Director, Mercury Capital • Caporegime
Private equity, investments & mergers. Reports to the CFO on the books, the Don off them.
Sharp deal-closing finance operator. Talks fast, moves faster. Wears Patek not Rolex. Married to his job and his portfolio. His mistress is the market.
File Pending Review
Ziggy Marella
Sigfrido "Ziggy" Marella
Managing Director, Daedalus Digital
Caporegime · Tech & Cyber Ops
File Pending Review
Sigfrido "Ziggy" Marella
Managing Director, Daedalus Digital • Caporegime
Technology & cyber operations. Encrypted everything, paranoid by default.
Eccentric tech operator. Vintage band tees under blazers, sneakers in board meetings. Hard to take seriously until you do. Has more passwords than friends and prefers it that way.
File Pending Review
Pio Tortora
Elpidio "Pio" Tortora
Managing Director, Janus Property
Caporegime · Real Estate & Development
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Elpidio "Pio" Tortora
Managing Director, Janus Property • Caporegime
Real estate & commercial development. $400M portfolio under management.
Old-money manners, new-money discipline. Never raises his voice, always wins the meeting. Dignified to the point of glacial.
File Pending Review

Subordinates

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Charon Veerapol
Commercial Operations Manager
Atlas Infrastructure · under Serratore
File Pending Review
Charon Veerapol
Commercial Operations Manager • Atlas Infrastructure
Internal logistics & commercial ops for the Atlas construction arm. Reports to Matteo.
Timid, calculating, obsessive. Hides behind spreadsheets and plausible deniability. Secretly dependent on junior staff, quietly stalks his favourite employee.
File Pending Review
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Rino Serratore
Collections Officer
Associate · Debt Collection
File Pending Review
Rino Serratore
Collections Officer • Associate
Debt collection & enforcement. Matteo's cousin. Rigid chain of process.
Cold-blooded, disciplined, micromanaging. Despises chaos. Runs his ledger like a military operation and treats a missed payment like a personal insult.
File Pending Review

Associates & Orbit

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Kean O'Reilly
Kean O'Reilly
Legal Counsel
Retained · Finesse Division
Kean O'Reilly
Legal Counsel • Retained, Finesse Division
Corporate litigation & white-collar defence. Blackmail, asset freezing & legal warfare.
Charismatic, cunning, manipulative. The law is a weapon he wields with a whiskey in hand. Found your secret hentai sketchbook at work. Now he wants to be your muse.
Teddy Murtagh
Teddy Murtagh
Antique Arms Consultant
The Duelist · Deniable Asset
File Pending Review
Teddy Murtagh
Antique Arms Consultant • The Duelist
Murtagh & Associates arms brokerage. Off-books, retained on paper by the Foundation.
Charming until the charm stops being for you. Settles sanctioned matters with matched Georgian dueling flintlocks, designed to point away from the family. The mess is the point.
File Pending Review
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Eric Portier
Barista, Café au Late
In Orbit · Vilardo-Owned Café
File Pending Review
Eric Portier
Barista, Café au Late • In Orbit
Runs the counter at a Vilardo-owned café used for quiet meetings.
Blind, charming, flirtatious and genuinely pure-hearted. His sharp hearing and memory make him unknowingly valuable. Beloved guide dog included.
File Pending Review
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Hector Cambeiro
Owner, Mixed Signals
In Orbit · Friendly Bar
File Pending Review
Hector Cambeiro
Owner, Mixed Signals • In Orbit
Runs a Vilardo-friendly cocktail bar. Former ties, current neutral ground.
Warm, protective bystander who patches people up and communicates through flavour. His drinks read your mood better than you do.
File Pending Review
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Kenta Hatayama
IT Contractor
In Orbit · Unwitting Cleaner
File Pending Review
Kenta Hatayama
IT Contractor • In Orbit
Freelance IT. Unknowingly scrubs digital traces during routine jobs.
Anxious, mumbling, painfully shy. Works out of Eric's café. Has a secret the Family doesn't know about, crosses paths with Counsel for 'legal IT audits'.
File Pending Review
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Dylan Reilly
Bartender & Boxer
In Orbit · Neutral Ground
File Pending Review
Dylan Reilly
Bartender & Boxer • In Orbit
Tends a bar that quietly sees Vilardo enforcers. Fixes problems without fuss.
Guarded, sardonic, low profile. Respected for discretion. His bar is neutral ground and he intends to keep it that way.
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Ottavio "Tavi" Cafarelli
Legacy Operations
Old Guard Caporegime
File Pending Review
Ottavio "Tavi" Cafarelli
Legacy Operations • Old Guard Caporegime
Legacy loan sharking & protection rackets. Off the org chart, tolerated.
Helped install the Don in 2008 and never lets him forget it. Smokes inside despite being asked not to. Dangerous because removing him would split the old guard.
File Pending Review

Rivals & Enemies

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Artemy Yushakov
Artemy Yushakov
Chief Technology Officer
Bratva Boss · Rival Syndicate
Artemy Yushakov
Chief Technology Officer • Bratva Boss
Rival Bratva outfit. A digital-crime arrangement of convenience, not loyalty.
Cold, calculating, relentless. Pirates every game out of principle. Convinced his crush on you is a neurological disorder. Heart rate spikes to 99bpm in your presence. It's definitely not feelings.
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Naoki Tanabe
Financial Consultant
Enemy · External Operator
File Pending Review
Naoki Tanabe
Financial Consultant • Enemy Operator
External finance man out of Saitama with occasional ties to laundering. Loyalties: his own.
Chaotic, unpredictable, manipulative behind a cheerful brat facade. Helps bury assets via accounting tricks. Seen rarely, remembered vividly. Not a friend.
File Pending Review
02 · The Firm

Quarterly reviews, not back-alley beatings.

Vilardo Global Holdings is a Delaware-incorporated private holding company headquartered on Park Avenue. We employ MBAs, retain Harvard lawyers, attend industry conferences, and pass every audit we have ever been subject to.

For nearly four decades the firm has operated in spaces other institutions find too complex, and resolved problems other institutions find too permanent. Our clients value discretion, efficiency, and continuity. Our counterparties learn to.

We do not manage assets. We protect legacies.

Vilardo headquarters boardroom
03 · Holdings

Operating subsidiaries

Each division is independently profitable, independently audited, and independently deniable.

Atlas Infrastructure

Construction

Civil builds, permits and union relations. Foundations poured on schedule. Contents at the client's discretion.

Lethe Environmental

Waste Solutions

Commercial and municipal disposal with award-winning ESG credentials. Whatever goes in does not come back out.

Daedalus Digital

Technology

IT consulting and cybersecurity audits. We find vulnerabilities. Sometimes we keep them.

Cerberus Risk Advisory

Security & Intelligence

Executive protection and threat assessment. We know your risks better than you do. We may also be one of them.

Mercury Capital

Private Equity

Investment management with consistently exceptional returns. The provenance of capital is a question for lesser firms.

Janus Property

Real Estate

$400M in commercial and residential holdings. Location, location, leverage.

Velluto Hospitality

Hospitality

Clubs, lounges and boutique hotels where the city's most important conversations happen. Some of them are even private.

Athena Foundation

Philanthropy

Arts patronage, cultural preservation and education grants. Generosity, properly structured, is its own reward.

Shadow revenue under 8% of gross and shrinking. We are very proud of this.

04 · Governance

Corporate structure

An org chart fit for a proxy statement. Read between the lines at your own risk.

05 · Inquiries

Contact

The firm does not advertise, solicit, or explain. If your matter requires our attention, you already know how to reach us. If it does not, this page is all you will ever see.

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Headquarters
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New York Metropolitan Area
Established
1987
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