Werner Seifert (born 4 July 1949)
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Career
German Stock Exchange
He formed the Eurex Exchange
Eurex Exchange is an international exchange which primarily offers trading in European based derivatives. It is the largest European futures and options market. The products traded on this exchange vary from German and Swiss debt instruments to E ...
in 1998; the UK equivalent is LIFFE ( London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange). He formed the Xetra (trading system)
Xetra (Market Identifier Code (MIC): XETR) is a trading venue operated by Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse (FWB, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange) based in Frankfurt, Germany.
In 2015, 90 percent of all trading in shares at all German exchanges was trans ...
. He tried to merge the German Stock Exchange with the London Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange (LSE) is a stock exchange in the City of London, England, United Kingdom. , the total market value of all companies trading on LSE was £3.9 trillion. Its current premises are situated in Paternoster Square close to St Pau ...
(LSE) in 2000, and to take it over in 2005.
Personal life
He is a musician and plays the piano. He likes British sports cars.
See also
* Clara Furse
Dame Clara Hedwig Frances Furse Order of the British Empire, DBE () (born 16 September 1957) was the Chief Executive of the London Stock Exchange between January 2001 and May 2009, and was the first woman to occupy the position. In 2005, she was ...
, chief executive of the London Stock Exchange from 2001–09
References
External links
''Independent'' profile December 2004
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1949 births
Deutsche Börse
Swiss chief executives
Swiss financial businesspeople
Living people