Inside the ICE House

As co-CEO of TPG Capital, Jon Winkelried oversees a sprawling portfolio and $119 billion under management, with operational teams spread across 17 offices around the world. He found himself at the NYSE recently, in conversation with Christina Minnis, Global Head of Acquisition for Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), the firm Winkelried left in 2009 as co-president. They talk at the NYSE Board Advisory Counci...

By the time you hear this episode, you may have already abandoned your New Year’s Resolutions. That’s okay with Planet Fitness (NYSE: PLNT), whose doors are always open to everyone. Chris Rondeau, the company’s CEO, gave us a training session on why the Planet’s inclusive culture & franchise model is his secret sauce. And he would know. He started with the company at the front desk of its very 1st...

The Coca-Cola Company’s Chairman & CEO James Quincey sat down with ICE Director Duriya Farooqui at the Second NYSE Board Advisory Council Networking Summit to offer his perspective on increasing diversity in business, the role of companies in solving the problems facing humanity, and who a CEO actually answers to. Recorded on the 100th Anniversary of Coca-Cola’s Listing on the NYSE, James shares h...

Since Petrobras CEO Roberto Branco took the helm of the Brazilian energy giant a year ago, the legendary executive has embarked on a digital transformation of the company with over 63,000 employees. Mr. Branco traveled north to the New York Stock Exchange to roll out the company’s ambitious five year plan with a focus on returning shareholder value by deleveraging the balance sheet and shepherding...

Recorded live at the Fourth Annual NYSE Spotlight on Energy event, ICE’s Co-head of Government Affairs, Hope Jarkowski, and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman, Neil Chatterjee, explore the U.S. energy markets regulatory ecosystem and the future of energy infrastructure. The NYSE is the home of over 90% of the qualified publically traded utilities and pipeline companies in the U.S. Many...

Representation among women and minorities on corporate boards is ticking up, but more work lies ahead as investors and other stakeholders demand more diversity. Data show that more diversity can drive better results, and the NYSE Board Advisory Council was launched to champion qualified candidates nominated by leaders of listed companies. ICE Board Members Sharon Bowen and Duriya Farooqui, along w...

The listing of SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE ARCA: GLD) transformed gold investing from requiring a scale and vault to simply buying a share of an ETF on the NYSE. On the 15th Anniversary of GLD, Chief Gold Strategist at State Street Global Advisors, George Milling-Stanley, and World Gold Council’s Head of US, Joe Cavatoni, teamed up to share their collective experience in the gold market, from traveling...

Greg Zuckerman, a twenty-three-year veteran of the Wall Street Journal, has had a front row seat to some of the biggest financial successes and shakeups over two decades. His latest book, The Man Who Solved the Market, might be his biggest scoop yet: going deep inside the super-secretive hedge fund Renaissance Technologies and tapping into the mind of its reclusive founder, celebrated geometer Jim...

Steve Sachs, Head of Capital Markets for Goldman Sachs Group's Exchange Traded Funds business, wants investors to leverage innovation to invest in innovation. Goldman Sachs Asset Management partnered with Motif to launch a suite of ETFs that helps investors capitalize on the future of technology, from the consumer space, to healthcare, to the blockchain.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice....

A special episode recorded live, hours after rolling out the new exchange ICE Futures Abu Dhabi at the 2019 Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference. Jeff Sprecher, Chairman and CEO of Intercontinental Exchange, sat down with Helima Croft of RBC Capital Markets for Jeff’s take on the announcement and what it means for the region and global energy markets.                        ...

Bobbi Brown, world renowned makeup artist, best-selling author, speaker, and serial entrepreneur, sat down with ICE’s Theresa DeLuca to share her advice and lessons on launching a career by disrupting the beauty industry to founding justBobbi.com and a boutique hotel. Since leaving Estee Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) in 2016, Bobbi has launched the next phase of her career but, throughout each chapte...

Beyond being, arguably, the most iconic and celebrated fashion designer in America, Ralph Lauren’s name adorns a New York Stock Exchange-listed company (NYSE: RL) with a market cap of over $8 billion. Telling his story, after 50 years in business, falls to the expert eye and cinematic mind of Susan Lacy, Director and Producer of the new documentary “Very Ralph” from HBO (NYSE: T). In our conversat...

We’re proud to bring you a recent conversation between Kevin McPartland of Greenwich Associates and our own Ben Jackson, President of Intercontinental Exchange. Their talk was part of Greenwich Associates’ “Behind the Market Structure” series in which they cover a range of issues in the trading space, including the launch of ICE’s new ETF Hub, which will bring more efficiency and standardization t...

Jim Snee, CEO of Hormel Foods Corporation, takes us on a “Food Journey” to hear how the evolving company stays true to its principles of supporting its people, giving back to its community, and always focusing on the food. Along the way, we learn how Hormel Foods has expanded its menu through strategic acquisitions and product innovations to delight consumers ranging from the “plant curious” to th...

We often say that the NYSE is one of the four iconic American buildings, along with the White House, the U.S. Capitol, and the Supreme Court. You could add the Metropolitan Museum of Art to that list. As the host of nearly seven million visitors a year, the building’s magic rubbed off on Christine Coulson, who spent more than twenty-five years working within its walls. She now shares what really h...

Serving as Ambassador to Germany from 2013-2017, John B. Emerson had a front row seat to the interplay between career and politically appointed State Department officials. Following his service, Emerson returned to Capital Group International, where how now serves as Vice Chairman. In our conversation, he guides listeners through how he prepared for his post, finding himself as “Our Man in Berlin”...

Ben Mezrich’s newest blockbuster -- Bitcoin Billionaires: A True Story of Genius, Betrayal, and Redemption -- unfolds like a sequel to where The Social Network, based on his Accidental Billionaires, left off. This time, twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss segue from villains to protagonists as they’re introduced to cryptocurrencies and row along with digital assets as they flow from the dark web to...

Jeffrey Solomon has learned a thing or two about teamwork and giving back, in part by growing up in Pittsburgh watching the likes of Franco Harris and Roberto Clemente on the field and off. Now, at the helm of investment bank and financial services company Cowen Inc., he’s sharing his expertise in his side gig as Vice Chairman of the SEC’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee.      ...

Entrepreneurs Gabe Otte and Riley Ennis hatched Freenome in 2014 to use genomics and machine learning to revolutionize how cancer is diagnosed and treated. He steps Inside the ICE House to share the science behind stopping cancer and how Freenome’s platform allows care to commence when the disease is significantly more curable. The result is a cancer diagnosis, and targeted treatment, that is mini...

Martha Miller’s job supporting the businesses that create two-thirds of the jobs in the United States is as large as her title: the Securities & Exchange Commission’s Director of the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation. Martha, the first to ever hold that job, has spent this year building her team while visiting small businesses around the country to understand how the gove...

With the 2020 presidential campaign in full gear, we sat down with 60 Minutes Correspondent John Dickerson to explore how the job of President of the United States has changed since George Washington took the Oath of Office next door to the New York Stock Exchange on April 30, 1789. Spoiler alert: the job hasn’t become tougher; it’s now damn near impossible. The conversation, recorded at the NYSE’...

Peter Scher, Head of Corporate Responsibility and Chairman of the Mid-Atlantic Region at JP Morgan Chase & Co., (NYSE: JPM), is leading the charge to drive inclusive, economic growth in cities at home and abroad. After a career in public service, Scher joined JPM in the midst of the financial crisis, and explains why skills training, community building, and investing in people are part of doing th...

“Environment, Social, and Governance,” or ESG, investing is gaining traction, with one of every four dollars in professionally managed portfolios in the U.S. now engaged in an ESG strategy. As companies evolve how they are approaching these issues, it’s critical to understand the investor perspective. Brian Matt, Director of Research and Analysis at IHS Markit, joined ICE’s Brookly McLaughlin to e...

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) is the content king, even at its farthest reaches, which might be its acclaimed audio documentaries from ESPN’s 30-for-30 Podcasts. Jody Avirgan has led and produced all of the show’s five seasons, coming to the Worldwide Leader in Sports from a background in filmmaking, journalism, and politics. Traveling afield from sports, he shares the process behind creating...

Information Security is at the forefront of global business, especially those tasked with maintaining the smooth functioning of regulated markets. At Intercontinental Exchange, Chief Information Security Officer Jerry Perullo is constantly on guard against external threats. Perullo explains how -- with the help of a red team, blue team, and a Kraken -- ICE secures critical economic infrastructure...