Leone Asset Management
Ben Bates, Jr. is a 1967 graduate of Valdosta State College and came to Palatka in 1967 as a high school teacher and coach at Palatka High School. After three years of teaching and coaching he was drafted and served his country in the U.S. Army for two years, receiving an honorable discharge in 1973.
Upon his discharge he came back to teach and coach at Palatka High School from 1973 to June of 1975.
In 1975 Ben formed a real estate agency, Caldwell Banker Ben Bates and an insurance agency Bates Hewett & Floyd Insurance. In 1984 Ben became affiliated with Caldwell Banker and presently operates two real estate offices with over forty agents and has been the number one real estate agency in Putnam County for over 30 years.
In 2001, Ben became a partner in the GM Auto Dealership in Palatka and Starke and just remodeled the facility in Palatka to come a state of the art dealership in rural America. The dealership offers Chevrolet, GMC and Buick as well as full service for the parts department.
In 1989 Ben became the founding member of Putnam State Bank and served on its Board until it was acquired by Harbor Community Bank in 2012.
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Leone Asset Management
Leone Asset Management operate in Health and Wellness, Media and Communications, Agriculture Management, and Infrastructure development.