Thomas Peterffy

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Thomas Peterffy
Occupation	Chairman and CEO
Employer	Interactive Brokers Group
Location	Greenwich, US
Web site	www.interactivebrokers.com

Thomas Peterffy is founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., the US-based broker/dealer and proprietary trading business.^[1][2]

Contents 1 History 2 Awards 3 Published Works, Statements & Speeches 4 Registration Information 5 References

History

Peterffy emigrated from Hungary to the United States in 1965.^[3] After working for 10 years as computer programmer, he became a member and options trader at the American Stock Exchange.

Peterffy developed hand-held computers as an aide to floor trading in the early 1980s, ahead of the rest of the industry. He established Timber Hill as a proprietary trading firm and used his technological edge to make it into one of the leading market making firms in the US options industry.

In the 1980s, he began developing a communications network for routing orders to exchanges and stock markets around the world, which became the foundation for Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. His smart order routing systems created a model for customer execution.^[4][5]

Awards

Peterffy received the Joseph P. Sullivan Award at the 24th Annual Options Industry Conference in May 2006, and in 2007 he was inducted into the FIA Futures Hall of Fame.

In November of 2007, Peterffy received the American Hungarian Foundation George Washington Award.^[6]

Published Works, Statements & Speeches

• Investment Strategy^[7]
• SPEECH OF THOMAS PETERFFY. BEFORE THE INTERNATIONAL OPTIONS MARKETS ASSOCIATION^[8]
• Statement of Thomas Peterffy Chairman, Interactive Brokers Group to SEC^[9]

Registration Information

• Thomas Pechy Peterffy, NFA ID 0258601
• Interactive Brokers LLC, NFA ID 0258600
• Timber Hill LLC, NFA ID 0264315

References

1. ↑ Interactive Brokers Strategy:Turning Technology into a Competitive Advantage. FIA Magazine. Retrieved on April 1, 2008.
2. ↑ The Wallendas Hit Wall Street. Forbes. Retrieved on April 1, 2008.
3. ↑ See! The Street Was Paved With Gold. New York Times. Retrieved on April 1, 2008.
4. ↑ "Thomas Peterffy”. FIA. Retrieved on November 25, 2007.
5. ↑ "About IB”. Interactive Brokers. Retrieved on November 25, 2007.
6. ↑ American Hungarian Foundation George Washington Awards Dinner at New York's Waldorf Astoria. Embassy of Hungary. Retrieved on April 1, 2008.
7. ↑ Investment Strategy. Interactive Brokers. Retrieved on April 1, 2008.
8. ↑ SPEECH OF THOMAS PETERFFY. BEFORE THE INTERNATIONAL OPTIONS MARKETS ASSOCIATION. Interactive Brokers. Retrieved on April 1, 2008.
9. ↑ Securities and Exchange Commission Hearings on Proposed Regulation NMS, April 21, 2004, Statement of Thomas Peterffy, Chairman, Interactive Brokers Group. U.S. Securities Exchange Commission. Retrieved on April 1, 2008.