Duncan L. Niederauer is an American businessman.Bloomberg BusinessWeek
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until September 2014.Barbara Brooks
Duncan L. Niederauer ’81 is named 2013 commencement speaker
''Colgate News'', January 28, 2013

Early life

Niederauer graduated from

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with a bachelor of arts degree. He received a master in business administration from the

Goizueta Business School Emory University's Goizueta Business School (also known as ''Goizueta Business School'', ''Emory Business School'', or simply ''Goizueta'' – pronounced ''goy-swet-ah'') is the private business school of Emory University located in Atlanta, Georgi ...

Emory University Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1836 as "Emory College" by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory, Emory is the second-oldest private institution of ...

Career

Niederauer joined

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in 1985, and became a Partner in 2000. From 2002 to 2004, he served on the Board of Manager of Archipelago Holdings. He served on the board of directors of the Eze Castle Software since 1981 and the

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until 2008. He has served as President and Co-chief operating officer of NYSE Euronext since April 9, 2007, and as its CEO since December 1, 2007. Niederauer is a member of G100, a private group of chief executives from the world's largest companies, and the British-American Business Council International Advisory Committee. In 2019 he became President of

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. He is a founding Partner of Communitas Capital.

Philanthropy

Niederauer is a member of Partnership for New York City, the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, the Shanghai International Financial Advisory Committee, the American Ireland Fund, the

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, and

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in Brazil. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of his alma mater, Colgate University, where he gave the Commencement speech in 2013. He also serves on the Boards of Operation HOPE and the

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Personal life

Niederauer is married with three children. They reside in New Jersey.

References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Colgate University alumni Emory University alumni American chief executives of financial services companies Goldman Sachs people NYSE Euronext Presidents of the New York Stock Exchange {{US-business-bio-stub