EA Names Stephen J. Bonventre as CEO

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y., Nov. 29, 2022 – EdgarAgents LLC, one of the fastest growing financial technology service providers in the world, has announced that its Board has appointed Stephen J. Bonventre to Chief Executive Officer. The designation change comes a little more than one year since Stephen joined EdgarAgents as Chief Operating Officer and interim Chief Executive Officer.

“EdgarAgents continues to disrupt the traditional financial printing industry with its proprietary technology, superior customer service, and unparalleled turn-around time. With his diverse background, Stephen is uniquely qualified to lead EdgarAgents through its next phase of breakthrough growth and continued execution of strategy and operational excellence,” said Seth Fishman, EdgarAgents Co-Founder and Member of the Board.

Mr. Bonventre succeeds Steve Yakubov as Chief Executive. Mr. Yakubov led the company for 9 years and continues to serve as a senior member of the leadership team. Mr. Yakubov remains a driving force behind EdgarAgents’ operational success and has worked closely with Mr. Bonventre to ensure a seamless transition. Post transition, a significant priority for Mr. Yakubov will be expanding the company’s international market segments, which is a key aspect of EdgarAgents’ growth strategy. “After nearly a decade of leading the EdgarAgents team, I am confident that the Board has found the right successor in Stephen. I look forward to collaborating with Stephen and the leadership team to help EdgarAgents achieve its strategic growth objectives,” said Mr. Yakubov.

“I am deeply honored for the opportunity to succeed Steve and lead this organization to the next level of success. EdgarAgents is at a tipping point powered by a growing collective of incredibly talented and passionate employees bonded by ashared purpose of building strategic business partnerships with our clients,” said Mr. Bonventre. “EdgarAgents’ purpose is to enable our clients’ mission by helping them File with Confidence™. Championing an initial public offering is not necessarily part of the ‘American Dream’ story, but I believe that EdgarAgents’ role is vital to connecting noble missions with public and institutional capital, the sum of which can avail exponential value for society.”

EdgarAgents’ success has long come from providing differentiated, best in class full-service filing services. Powered by proprietary technology, EdgarAgents distributes proofs 2-3 times quicker than any other SEC filing agent, which helps to enable high-end data compare and exceptionally high quality. “In a high-pressure business combination with two corporate teams, two sets of financials, hundreds of exhibits, and thousands of edits, waiting over 48-hours for a 600-page proof distribution could kill a deal in the worst-case scenario,” explained Mr. Bonventre. “We know that turn-around times of such length are not sufficient to meet customer requirements.” Prior to joining EdgarAgents, Mr. Bonventre realized that his passion for ‘patient’ care translates exceptionally well to ‘customer’ care across Financial Services.

EdgarAgents’ customer-centric ethos is one of its biggest differentiators. “It is not just what we say, more importantly, it is how we act,” explains Mr. Bonventre. “For example, our 12–16-hour industry leading proof distribution turnaround times give our business combination working groups the best chance to succeed. We know these deals may feel like the offspring of the working groups whom we support, so we treat these projects like our patients. That is how we operate 24/7/365; applying the same high-quality obsessive focus to all filing types across public markets including asset management.”