Jeff Sprecher
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- stock exchanges
- Industry
- Finance & Investments
- Residence
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Education
- Pepperdine University (Master of Business Administration)University of Wisconsin (Bachelor of Science)
- Marital Status
- Married
Assets
- Intercontinental Exchange177,160 shares @ --ICE-US
- Intercontinental Exchange4,303,000 shares @ --ICE-US
- Intercontinental Exchange205,000 shares @ --ICE-US
- Intercontinental Exchange110,865 shares @ --ICE-US
- Intercontinental Exchange103,000 shares @ --ICE-US
- Intercontinental Exchange157,745 shares @ --ICE-US
- Intercontinental Exchange46,000 shares @ --ICE-US
- Intercontinental Exchange193,455 shares @ --ICE-US
- Intercontinental Exchange213,725 shares @ --ICE-US
Biography
Jeff Sprecher is the founder and CEO of global stock exchange operator Intercontinental Exchange, also known as ICE.
In 1997, Sprecher was working at a California power plant developer when he negotiated to buy a struggling Georgia company called Continental Power Exchange.
He had an idea to create a platform that would allow traders to buy and sell commodities online.
In 2000, Sprecher folded Continental into new firm ICE; he took that company public in 2005.
In 2013, ICE acquired the New York Stock Exchange for $10.9 billion; it owns 12 stock exchanges and 6 clearing houses globally.
About
Sprecher is married to Kelly Loeffler, who was appointed U.S. Senator from Georgia in 2019 to fill an empty seat; she lost the special election in January 2021.
Sprecher reportedly collects vintage Porsches.