CEO, Hanna Capital

Frank J. Hanna is CEO of Hanna Capital in Atlanta, Georgia. He invests as a merchant banker in technology and financial services, and has started and sold a number of businesses over the last twenty-five years. Prior to going into the investment business, he was a corporate attorney. He is featured in the PBS documentary, The Call of the Entrepreneur.

Mr. Hanna has been involved in education for the last 32 years. He has been instrumental in the foundation of eight Catholic educational institutions, including four schools in Atlanta. 
He has been a frequent speaker to various groups and mass media regarding the ethics of business. He has often spoken on philanthropy, and has written a best-selling book entitled, What Your Money Means.

During the administration of George W. Bush, Mr. Hanna was appointed and served as the Chair of the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans. He currently serves on the boards of numerous nonprofit organizations, both within the Church, and in the secular world, including the Papal Foundation, EWTN, and the American Enterprise Institute.

Mr. Hanna is the founder of the Solidarity Association. Of most significance, the Solidarity Association serves as Trustee of the Mater Verbi/Hanna Papyrus Trust, which safeguards in the Vatican Apostolic Library the oldest copy of the Gospel of Luke (and the oldest copy of the Lord’s Prayer) in the world.

In recognition of his charitable efforts, Mr. Hanna has received the William B. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership, and the David R. Jones Award for Philanthropic Leadership. He is also a Knight of Malta, of the Holy Sepulchre, and was named a Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of St Gregory by Pope Benedict XVI.