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IEX Story

Four men standing in a room looking serious

2009

IEX’s co-founders Brad Katsuyama, Ronan Ryan, Rob Park and John Schwall meet at Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), where they shared a vision for a more transparent system that better protected investors.

2012

IEX is founded, and begins work on its Alternative Trading System (ATS) which debuts one year later.

Cover of the book Flash Boys by Michael Lewis

2014

IEX’s origin story is chronicled in Michael Lewis’s New York Times Best Seller “Flash Boys.”

2016

The SEC approves IEX’s application as an exchange. IEX Exchange is born with support from some of the world’s largest financial institutions, including Capital Group, Franklin Templeton Investments, OppenheimerFunds, MassMutual Ventures, Brandes Investment Partners, Betterment, and Norges Bank.

2019

IEX launches IEX Cloud, and later, its product Apperate, to help developers get to market faster by making it easier to access and build apps with financial data.

2021

IEX creates swXtch.io, game-changing cloud software that enables previously blocked workloads to move to the cloud – with no code changes.

2022

IEX enters into Web3 with the launch of Dispatch, a distributed commerce solution for Web2 and Web3 channels that leverages on-chain technology.

Team Standards

What's it like to work at IEX? Our culture is best described by our Team Standards.

Think Big, Do Good

Create meaningful change

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Think Big, Do Good

We measure success by impact on the industries we serve and the communities we touch.

Be Gritty

We roll our sleeves up and get it done

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Be Gritty

Resilience and perseverance are in our DNA. We meet challenges head-on.

Win Together

Share success, never lose alone

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Win Together

We celebrate our wins as one, learn from our mistakes together, and move together as a team.

Invent & Reinvent

We thrive in the face of change

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Invent & Reinvent

A growth mindset is foundational to who we are. IEX is a place for creativity and continual learning.

IEX Group, Inc. Leadership

Brad Katsuyama

Founder, Chief Executive Officer

Ronan Ryan

Co-Founder, President

Rob Park

Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer

Andrea Ledford

Chief People Officer

Rachel Barnett

Chief Legal Officer

Craig Resnick

Chief Financial Officer

Marija Zivanovic-Smith

Chief Marketing & Communications Officer

Paul Bauccio

Chief Risk Officer

IEX Board

Justin LaFayette

Lead Investor, Georgian

Michael Lynton

Chairman of the Board, Snap Inc.; Former CEO, Sony Entertainment

Thomas Birch

Managing Director, Global Venture Capital and Technology, CDPQ

Bridget Van Kralingen

Former Senior Vice President, IBM Global Markets & Sales

Brad Katsuyama

Founder, Chief Executive Officer

Ronan Ryan

Co-Founder, President

Rob Park

Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer

Urvashi Batra

Head of Equities Electronic Trading, Americas at Barclays

IEX Board Observers

Eric Liaw

General Partner, IVP

Matt Harris

Partner, Bain Capital Ventures

Our IEX journey

We're building game-changing technology that shapes the future.

Brent Yates

/ CEO, swXtch.io

“Our cloud networking technology makes what was previously impossible, possible; with the potential to transform how entire industries operate. We are designing the future.”

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Stan Feldman

/ COO, IEX Exchange

“We are a high-performance U.S. stock exchange with some of the world’s most innovative design and product offerings. Providing best-in-class performance to our clients in a transparent way is integral to how we work.”

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Liz Grausam

/ Head of IEX Cloud

“Any time you can make a developer’s day easier, you’ve got a good product. Apperate helps developers (and their end-users) manage and take action on data-in-motion.”

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Matt Weinberg

/ Head of Business Development, IEX Exchange

"At IEX Exchange we're focused on building products that drive superior execution performance. Working here, you're challenged to find opportunities and think bigger every day."

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Byron Sorrells

/ CEO, Dispatch

"We're building a new way to sell with distributed commerce powered by Web3."

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Florian Seifferer

/ COO, Digital Assets

“Driven by our pioneering spirit and unyielding commitment to innovation, IEX is at the forefront of making markets fairer, and is in a unique position to truly shape the future of digital finance.”

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Perspectives

June 5, 2023

Survey: What the Buyside Really Thinks About the SEC’s Reg NMS Proposal

Perspectives

June 5, 2023

Survey: What the Buyside Really Thinks About the SEC’s Reg NMS Proposal

Research

May 16, 2023

The Power of In Between: Meeting Customers Where They Are on Web 2.5

Research

May 16, 2023

The Power of In Between: Meeting Customers Where They Are on Web 2.5

Guide

May 12, 2023

Building with Financial Data Sets and APIs

Guide

May 12, 2023

Building with Financial Data Sets and APIs

We are passionate about building technology that moves industries forward

IEX Story

Team Standards

IEX Group, Inc. Leadership

IEX Board

IEX Board Observers

Our IEX journey

“Our cloud networking technology makes what was previously impossible, possible; with the potential to transform how entire industries operate. We are designing the future.”

“We are a high-performance U.S. stock exchange with some of the world’s most innovative design and product offerings. Providing best-in-class performance to our clients in a transparent way is integral to how we work.”

“Any time you can make a developer’s day easier, you’ve got a good product. Apperate helps developers (and their end-users) manage and take action on data-in-motion.”

"At IEX Exchange we're focused on building products that drive superior execution performance. Working here, you're challenged to find opportunities and think bigger every day."

"We're building a new way to sell with distributed commerce powered by Web3."

“Driven by our pioneering spirit and unyielding commitment to innovation, IEX is at the forefront of making markets fairer, and is in a unique position to truly shape the future of digital finance.”

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