Rank #21
Thomas Peterffy
Net worth $93.8B
Discount brokerage · United States
- Born
- Sep 30, 1944
- Age
- 81
- Source
- Discount brokerage
- Residence
- Palm Beach, Florida
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Divorced
- Children
- 3
- Education
- Drop Out, New York University
Net worth over time
Biography
- A digital trading pioneer, Thomas Peterffy chairs Interactive Brokers, which markets its specialized trading platform to sophisticated investors.
- He founded Interactive Brokers in 1993 after originally starting in market-making, and was CEO until December 2019.
- In March 2017, he announced part of his market-making operation would phase out. It had been under attack by faster competitors.
- Peterffy arrived in America in 1965 at age 21, the penniless descendant of Hungarian aristocrats who lost nearly everything to the Soviets.
- He is a major landowner, with more than 560,000 acres, primarily located in his home state of Florida.
- In high school in Hungary, Peterffy sold contraband Juicy Fruit gum to classmates at a 500% markup.
- After immigrating to America, Peterffy saved up $200,000 working as an engineer to buy a $36,000 seat on the American Stock Exchange, where he traded options.
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