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Encyclopedia > Robert Greifeld

Robert Greifeld is the current CEO of NASDAQ. Robert Greifeld is President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., the largest electronic screen-based equity securities market in the United States. Greifeld has focused the NASDAQ mission on being the premier U.S equities market, leveraging NASDAQ's fundamental market structure advantage. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... NASDAQ in Times Square, New York City. ...


Greifeld has a 20-year history in technology, and as an entrepreneur created one of the first electronic stock order matching systems. He has led NASDAQ to nine straight quarters of top line growth. The year 2006 was NASDAQ’s most successful since it began reporting financials in 1997; and in 2005, NASDAQ’s stock was the number one performer across all markets.


Greifeld is an outspoken advocate for efficient capital markets, good regulation and ensuring that the U.S. markets continue to support business growth and innovation.


Prior to joining NASDAQ in May 2003, Greifeld was an executive Vice-President with SunGard Data Systems, Inc., a $6.2 billion market cap company. Greifeld holds a master's degree in business from the New York University Stern School of Business, and a B.A. in English from Iona College. The Leonard N. Stern School of Business is New York Universitys (NYU) business school. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...


Greifeld gave the commencement address at Simon's Rock College of Bard for the graduates of 2007 on May 19. Simons Rock College of Bard, also known as, Simons Rock College, and Simons Rock or, simply, The Rock (see below), is a small liberal arts college located in the small town of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, in the United States. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... is the 139th day of the year (140th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...


Greifeld is also a turtle enthusiast.


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Greifeld was being playful but serious, nevertheless, when he told attendees, at the Annual Conference of the Security Traders Association in Scottsdale, Arizona, that he had visions of being trapped in the Midtown Manhattan Italian restaurant before his scheduled dinner with Aldo.
Greifeld's speech and his reference to Aldo Parcesepe summed up much of this year’s annual STA conference, which was held in the sunny Arizona desert.
Greifeld told the annual STA conference that since the debate on the trade through rule is about price and time -- critical elements in how regulators view an exchange -- it follows that the very definition of a stock exchange itself is also open for discussion.
washingtonpost.com: Nasdaq Selects Chief Executive (496 words)
Greifeld will replace current chairman and chief executive Hardwick "Wick" Simmons, who announced in December that he would step down.
Greifeld, 45, is now executive vice president at SunGard, a Pennsylvania-based firm that creates integrated information technology systems for financial services firms.
Greifeld beat out a handful of candidates, including Nasdaq's current president and deputy chairman, Rick Ketchum, for the top job at the stock market.
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