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Mr. Corley started his career with Bankers Life and Casualty. In 1986, he founded Corley Financial Services, a full service, Florida-based brokerage firm with membership in the National Association of Securities Dealers.
In 1989, Mr. Corley took a position as a vice president in the New York office of Global America. He was subsequently promoted to senior vice president and led the firm in retail production and new accounts. When the firm ceased operations, he returned to Florida to help J.W. Charles Financial Services develop a European equity and bond institutional division. The new activity ultimately centered on the banking community in Switzerland, plus other major financial centers of Europe. Four years later, in January of 1993, Mr. Corley joined Merrill Lynch as a Vice President. As in prior assignments with other companies, he built a significant business and earned the President's Club Award.
In 1995, Mr. Corley founded 1st Discount Brokerage (1DB), which began as a two person operation in Lake Worth, Florida. Since it was founded nearly a decade ago, 1DB has grown both organically and through acquisitions under Mr. Corley’s direction and now includes over 80 offices and over 200 IFCs. Additionally, 1DB has shown profit increases every year since the firm was founded. 1DB now maintains corporate offices in West Palm Beach, Florida and San Francisco, California. | 