COMMUNITY & CULTURE
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ANTHONY
SANSONE JR.
Businessman and Philanthropist
Sangita Capital Partners
Anthony “Tony” F Sansone, Jr. is the chairman and CEO
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of Sangita, a real estate private equity firm focused on
middle market, quality investment grade opportunities in
the Midwest.
Tony graduated with a bachelor’s of arts in business
administration from St. Louis University, and a master’s
of advanced study with a concentration in management
from Webster University. Tony helped grow the Sansone
Group, a family business, into a major force in the real
estate industry. During his career, he has developed
over seven million square feet of commercial real estate,
facilitated transactions in excess of $1 billion dollars, and
managed more than 20 million square feet of commercial
real estate.
Tony and his wife, Peggy, had seven children together.
Peggy struggled with depression for a numbers of years
and took her life in 2001, leaving him a single father.
Despite the difficult circumstances he faced, he continued
to dedicate himself to his family and his career. He
forged ahead with a new passion to help fight the stigma
associated with mental illness. A few months after Peggy’s
death, Tony extended help to other families afflicted with
misdiagnosed mental illness through the creation of the
Peggy Sansone Special Angel Foundation and the Sansone
Family Center for Well-Being at Washington University.
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His fidelity to hard work, integrity and community service
continues to fuel his life’s work and passions to this day.
GAZELLE WEST