EXHIBIT 99.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection  with the Quarterly  Report of Acorn Holding Corp. (the "Company")
on Form 10-Q for the period  ending March 31, 2003 as filed with the  Securities
and  Exchange  Commission  on the date  hereof  (the  "Report"),  I,  Stephen A.
Ollendorff,  Chairman and Chief  Executive  Officer,  of the  Company,  certify,
pursuant  to 18  U.S.C.  ss.  1350,  as  adopted  pursuant  to  ss.  906  of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:

(1)   The Report fully complies with the  requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d)
      of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)   The information  contained in the Report fairly presents,  in all material
      respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

                                          /s/Stephen A. Ollendorff
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                                          Stephen A. Ollendorff
                                          Chairman and Chief Executive
                                             Officer
May 14, 2003