Clifford G. Viner (born 1948)[1] is an American businessman who founded the III Finance hedge fund[2] and was previously a co-owner of the Florida Panthers from 2008 to 2013.
[1] After school, he worked as an analyst at Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance and then as a government securities trader at William Blair & Company in Chicago.
In 1982, he co-founded III Offshore Partners, a hedge fund based in Boca Raton, Florida[1] with Warren Mosler.
He and his wife founded the Eda and Cliff Viner Community Scholars Foundation in 2015 with a mission to educate and inspire compassionate young leaders to develop strong character with a vision for success.
Eda sits on the board of Florence Fuller Child Development Centers and together they chaired the 2015 and 2016 Wee Dream Ball and raised over 1 Million dollars in Boca Raton, Florida.