Salvatore D. Fazzolari is the founder of Salvatore Fazzolari Advisors LLC. The core purpose of his advisory practice is “To help create the next great company.” Let Salvatore assist you in building the next great company by implementing his innovative framework, unveiled in his groundbreaking new book. Salvatore offers leadership keynote speeches, seminars, and book workshops on the nine principles of greatness. He also provides management and board of directors consulting services through strategic dialogue sessions. For all services, you can contact him directly via his LinkedIn profile. Please specify the services of interest and provide your contact information.
Salvatore has nearly five decades of extensive professional experience. He served as chairman, president, and CEO of a Fortune 1000 company. He has also served as a strategic advisor to private companies and has been a member of the boards of several public and private firms. He is a board member of RPM International Inc. (NYSE: RPM), a Fortune 500 company, and serves as chairman of the audit committee. He received the Alumni Fellow Award from Pennsylvania State University and the Business Achievement Award from Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society. Salvatore is a certified public accountant (inactive) and a certified information systems auditor (inactive). He is fluent in Italian.
Salvatore is the author of The Nine Principles of Greatness (February 2026), Ascend to Greatness (November 2021), CEO Lifelines–Climb On (September 2017), and CEO Lifelines (April 2014). Also published in Ceoworld magazine (2022), Training magazine (2022), and Management Accounting magazine (1988). Salvatore was acknowledged by Jim Collins in two books: Great by Choice and How the Mighty Fall.