Inside the ICE House

Coronavirus, the 2020 election cycle, and volatility be damned, Jim Cramer knows there is always a Bull Market somewhere. He launched CNBC’s Mad Money 15 years ago this week, with the mission to “come out every night to help level the playing field, so you can try to have a fighting chance against the big boys, the fat-cat hedge fund managers who think they own the market.” He sat down to reflect...

Of the thousands of firms listed on the NYSE, only 26 can have a single letter ticker symbol, and Jacobs (NYSE: J) has one of them. The new ticker symbol and new name (it was formerly Jacobs Engineering Group) reflects the firm’s transformation under its Chair & CEO, Steve Demetriou. He was a recent guest of Betty Liu on Slice, part of ICE’s Insights Platform, to discuss how Jacobs reimagined its...

Get the robot in here, STAT! Surgery is going digital by leveraging artificial intelligence, telemedicine, and big data to bring cutting edge care to patients across the globe. David Fischel is CEO of Stereotaxis (NYSEAMERICAN:STXS), one of the companies leading this sea change. He dropped by the NYSE to talk about the company’s advancements, including bringing Genesis, a new robotic magnetic navi...

You may be shocked that, even in our digital age, 90% of businesses still rely on paper checks. Rene Lacerte started Bill.com to disrupt that by unchaining data from the filing cabinet. Bill.com’s cloud-based software allows businesses, regardless of their technical savvy, to automate the back office and focus on serving their customers. He joined the podcast on the day of Bill.com’s IPO to explai...

Adam Higginbotham last year published the New York Time Best Seller, Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster, now available in paperback. Based on over a decade of work, Adam’s writing reveals what it was like to be in the Reactor 4 Control Room and life in Pripyat on April 26, 1986. The conversation explores why the truth was so hard to find, the cause of...

The rebellious Italian Sculptor Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916) helped shape the futurism movement and today’s guest, Aryeh Bourkoff, is nothing if not a futurist. The Founder and CEO of LionTree runs an independent investment bank focused on the digital economy and creative industries. Last week, we turned our NYSE Library over to Aryeh, also the host of KindredCast, to tape an episode with our own...

This show was first released on KindredCast’s own feed, but, thanks to our friends at KindredMedia, we’re re-releasing it to share with our listeners. As part of a special two-episode arc, LionTree CEO Aryeh Bourkoff interviewed our own Stacey Cunningham. You’ve heard her on our show before, but never quite like this, now nearly two years on the job. Tune in next week as we turn the microphones ar...

About 30% of natural gas in the U.S. passes through pipelines owned by Williams, which is undergoing a transformation under President & CEO Alan Armstrong, who was appointed to the top job in 2011. Alan was a recent guest of Betty Liu on Slice, part of ICE’s Insights Platform, where she he talked to him about the role of technology in the energy sector and what it takes to lead an evolving company...

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...