Exhibit 99.1

                      ATALANTA/SOSNOFF CAPITAL CORPORATION

                            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 Atalanta/Sosnoff Capital Corporation
(the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 30, 2002 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),
I, Martin T. Sosnoff, Chairman of the Board 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:

         (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/ Martin T. Sosnoff
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Martin T. Sosnoff, Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer
November 12, 2002