Alegenon Cash, Winston-Salem Business Leader

About Algenon Cash

Mr. Cash co-founded Wharton Gladden & Company, a boutique investment banking firm whose services include advisory, capital placement, asset management and private equity.  Though Mr. Cash is a passionate and results-driven businessman, his focus has always been on improving the community.  Mr. Cash adopted unwavering principles into his company’s core philosophy: transparency, honesty and a focus on service.

Mr. Cash is very interested in impacting the community by serving on volunteer boards, speaking to student groups and partnering with non-profit organizations through the Power of One Fund, which the firm established in 2009.  Mr. Cash also teaches a commercial real estate course at Winston-Salem State University.

 Industry Leadership:

• North Carolina Energy Forum – Chairman
• American Institute of Financial Literacy – Chairman
• Triad Real Estate & Building Industry Coalition – Fundraising Chair
• North Carolina Council on Economic Education – Governmental Affairs Chairman
• National Association of Office and Industrial Properties – National Membership Committee Member
• Institute for the Public Trust Fellow
• E.A. Morris Charitable Foundation Fellow
• Institute of Political Leadership Fellow

Volunteer Experience:

• Piedmont Club – Board of Governors
• Winston-Salem Foundation – Scholarship Committee
• UNC Center for Design Innovation – Board Member
• Forsyth Tech Foundation – Board Member, Investment Committee
• Wake Forest University – Executive Partners Mentorship Program
• Winston-Salem Symphony – Development Committee, Community Adviser

Awards & Honors:

• Rotary Club Paul Harris Fellow
• BMA Pro Ad Awards
• Triad Business Journal 40 Under Forty Leader
• NAIOP Developing Leader
• “Mover & Shaker”
• Real Estate Industry Impact Leader
• Top 100 Small Businesses in North Carolina
• Top 300 Small Businesses in the Southeast
• Top 50 Triad Entrepreneur