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25. Arthur Stern

Title: Chairman and Executive Vice President

Company: Asta Funding

FSB 100 Rank: 81

Value of stock owned: $13.7 million

Value of options: $8.0 million

Total ownership value: $21.7 million

Arthur Stern founded Asta Funding, which purchases and manages consumer receivables, in 1994. His family owns roughly one quarter of the company's stock, and effectively controls the company.

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Notes: Data as of the companies' most recent fiscal year-ends. Options valued net of their strike price.Includes 214,599 shares of common stock owned by Asta Group, Incorporated which shares are attributable to Arthur Stern based on his percentage ownership of Asta Group. Excludes 349,460 shares owned by Stern Family Investors LLC which shares are attributable to Arthur Stern based on his percentage ownership of such LLC and 948 shares owned by GMS Family Investors LLC which shares are attributable to Arthur Stern based on his percentage ownership of such LLC. Equity holdings data provided by Equilar. Due to a data collection error on the part of Equilar, the rankings have been revised since they were first posted.

LAST UPDATE: Jul 01 2008 | 12:04 PM ET