Meet the Team – Antonio J. Soave

Antonio J. Soave has been a business owner for over 30 years in the field of international business transactions, joint ventures and M&A.  He is the current CEO of Gulf Global Advisory Services (“GGS”). 

Mr. Soave has been in the practice of international business transactions for over twenty-seven (27) years.  He is 55 years old and lives in Olathe, Kansas.  He has initiated, negotiated and concluded numerous transactions in his career, most of which are in heavy manufacturing and heavy industries such as automotive, rail, oil & gas, infrastructure and construction. 

Most interesting for purposes of this business, perhaps, is Mr. Soave’s soccer background.  He is a former high school soccer All-American (Notre Dame H.S. in Harper Woods, Michigan — 1981 season).  He went on to play Division I college soccer on a scholarship, was in the final round of consideration for the U.S. Youth National Team and played for three seasons in the Italian minor leagues. 

He later owned and operated a soccer joint venture company with Disney, the World Youth Soccer Academy at Disney’s Wide World of Sports, and he produced a successful youth soccer television show, “The Soccer Academy.”  Mr. Soave was also the founder, co-owner and operator of three semi-professional soccer teams in the mid-90s: the Detroit Wheels, Kalamazoo Kosmos and Grand Rapids Explosion.  All three played in the USISL (current day USL).