Rank #3155
Jeff Sprecher
Net worth $1.2B
stock exchanges · United States
- Born
- Feb 23, 1955
- Age
- 71
- Source
- stock exchanges
- Residence
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 0
- Education
- Master of Business Administration, Pepperdine University; Bachelor of Science, University of Wisconsin
Net worth over time
Biography
- Jeff Sprecher is the founder and CEO of global stock exchange operator Intercontinental Exchange, also known as ICE.
- In 1997, Sprecher was working at a California power plant developer when he negotiated to buy a struggling Georgia company called Continental Power Exchange.
- He had an idea to create a platform that would allow traders to buy and sell commodities online.
- In 2000, Sprecher folded Continental into new firm ICE; he took that company public in 2005.
- In 2013, ICE acquired the New York Stock Exchange for $10.9 billion; it owns 12 stock exchanges and 6 clearing houses globally.
- Sprecher is married to Kelly Loeffler, who was appointed U.S. Senator from Georgia in 2019 to fill an empty seat; she lost the special election in January 2021.
- Sprecher reportedly collects vintage Porsches.
Financial assets
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