Robert Greifeld

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Robert Greifeld is the NASDAQ OMX CEO. He took the title in July of 2008 when NASDAQ OMX Group acquired the Philadelphia Stock Exchange. The Philadelphia Stock Exchange was renamed NASDAQ OMX PHLX in the transformation.^[1]

Background

Greifeld has a more than 20-year history in technology, and as an entrepreneur created one of the first electronic stock order matching systems. Prior to serving as the CEO of NASDAQ until 2008, Greifeld led the sell-side businesses and the buy-side transaction routing businesses for SunGard Data Systems Inc. While serving as president and COO of Automated Securities Clearance, Inc. (began operating as a subsidiary of SunGard in March 1999), Greifeld led the team that created BRASS, an automated order routing and execution system, and made it the industry standard trade order management system for NASDAQ stocks.

Affiliations

Greifeld is chairman of the USA Track & Field Foundation,^[2] and he serves as a vice chairman on the Kennedy Center Corporate Fund Board.^[3] He is a member of the Partnership for New York City, an organization devoted to enhancing the local economy.^[4]

Education

Greifeld holds a Masters in Business from New York University, Stern School of Business and a B.A. in English from Iona College. Greifeld's graduate school thesis was on the operation of The NASDAQ Stock Market.