Robert Greifeld (born 1957) is an American businessman and was the chairman of

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, the largest electronic screen-based equity

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in the United States. He served as CEO from 2003 to 2016 and was succeeded by Adena Friedman. Greifeld focused the NASDAQ-OMX mission on being the premier U.S equities market, leveraging NASDAQ-OMX's fundamental market structure advantage. He stepped down as Chairman in May 2017 to become Chairman of

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Early life

Greifeld was born in

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, New York, to an

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mother and a father of Irish and German descent.

Career

He has a 20-year history in technology, and as an entrepreneur created one of the first electronic stock

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s. He has led NASDAQ-OMX to nine straight quarters of top line growth. The year 2006 was NASDAQ-OMX's most successful since it began reporting financials in 1997; and in 2005, NASDAQ-OMX'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. He is a former member of the

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. 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

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, and a B.A. in English from

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. Greifeld gave the commencement address at Iona College for the undergraduates of 2016 on May 21. Early in Greifeld's career in the 1980s, he was a District Manager for Unisys in

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. From there he joined Automated Securities Clearance, Inc. and then Sunguard. Greifeld has resided with his wife and family in

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.Staff
"NASDAQ CEO: Robert Greifeld"

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, December 15, 2005. Accessed March 5, 2011. "Greifeld is a resident of Readington Township, New Jersey where he resides with his wife and three children."

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Greifeld, Robert 1957 births Living people American chief executives of financial services companies American people of German descent American people of Irish descent American people of Italian descent Businesspeople from New Jersey Businesspeople from Queens, New York Iona College (New York) alumni New York University Stern School of Business alumni People from Queens, New York People from Readington Township, New Jersey People from Westfield, New Jersey