Inside the ICE House

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...

Dan Rosensweig’s early days in in the workforce taught him the fundamental skills of cold-calling, building connections and putting in the hard work needed to succeed. On our show, Dan explains how he uses those same skills in his role as CEO of Chegg, where’s he’s helping create the future of education technology and fighting to make education more accessible for everyone.   Inside the ICE House:...

Stephen Schwarzman co-founded The Blackstone Group in 1985 with just $400,000 in seed capital, split between him and Pete Peterson. That got them business cards and an empty office on Park Ave. Raising the next billion would be the hardest, a path paved by rejection, even by their best friends. Blackstone’s eventual rise, becoming the largest alternative investment firm in the world, with $545 bil...

Doug Foley, leader of human resources and administration at Intercontinental Exchange, has helped to evolve a global workforce that has grown seven-fold through acquisitions and organic growth during his 11 years with the company. Like the head of player personnel for a major sports team, one secret to his success is by serving as the company connector and leveraging a variety of technology tools...

Hours after extending the contract of running back Ezekiel Elliot to record deal, and minutes after ringing the NYSE Opening Bell, Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones settled in for a visit Inside the ICE House to preview the Centennial NFL Season and share his secrets of betting against “conventional wisdom.” Jerry’s $90 million investment in Zeke pales in comparison to the $1.6 billion he put up to acquir...

David Faber, co-anchor, along with Jim Cramer and Carl Quintanilla, of CNBC’s Squawk on the Street, has spent over a quarter century breaking the biggest business blockbusters on Wall Street. From a humble start sparring with self-doubt, Faber has become the chronicler who dives deep into companies and their stories, from Bernie Ebbers downfall at WorldCom to Rupert Murdoch’s $71 billion sale of t...

David Hornik, General Partner at August Capital, one of the world’s top VC firms, has constructed a storied career -- and an amazing track record of investments -- out of being curious. It started with a love of music, with a detour through the intricacies of law and criminology, and has helped build him into one of the most successful VC investors in Silicon Valley. Hornik’s annual Lobby Conferen...

Stuart Frankel, Chairman & Co-Founder of Stuart Frankel & Co., made a promise to his father to read the Wall Street Journal every day, teaching himself the ins & outs of the market. Seeing an inefficiency he could exploit, he launched his renowned firm, now run by his sons Andrew and Jeffrey, with a focus on customer service & connecting clients to the NYSE Trading Floor.  The Frankels look back a...

Trabue Bland, President of ICE Futures U.S., offers a masterclass on the rapidly changing energy and environmental markets, the current landscape of agricultural commodities, and why sometimes you need to summit a mountain more than once. With his roots in Natchez, Mississippi, Trabue’s career has crisscrossed the north and south as he helped build and lead ICE’s offerings of a wide range of futur...

Alan Masarek thinks the world is on the precipice of a communication explosion that will forever change how consumers and businesses interact.    Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

The rapid ascent of Uber (NYSE: UBER) from nascent idea to a global brand for ridesharing, food delivery, and scooter-sharing, among much more, brought legal challenges that peaked in 2017. That’s when CEO Dara Khosrowshahi lured Tony West from PepsiCo to lead the company’s legal department for the stretch drive toward Uber’s May 2019 IPO. With that chapter done, Tony discusses Uber’s future, whic...

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce wants a safe harbor for crypto entrepreneurs. She spoke with ICE’s Brookly McLaughlin at Bakkt’s Digital Asset Conference about where Bitcoin and other digital assets fit in the Commission’s mission to foster prosperity and innovation within the confines of regulated markets. The episode kicks off with an update from Bakkt’s CEO Kelly Loeffler on the company’s missio...

Scott Goodson, founder and CEO of StrawberryFrog, is the author of Uprising: How to Build a Brand and Change the World by Sparking Cultural Movements. From Stockholm to Madison Avenue, we learn how Scott upended traditional advertising by tapping into societal undercurrents, helping brands, people -- and even an entire city -- launch cultural movements. We dive deep into the allure of President Tr...

Entrepreneur and advertising legend Cindy Gallop is a trailblazer, and she’s not afraid to blow things up. Cindy takes us on a deep-dive into the challenges facing the advertising industry today, from a need for diversity and equal pay to sexual harassment, and the actions that can help solve them.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

It’s a long way from Olton, Texas to Washington, D.C., but CFTC Commissioner Dawn Stump finds herself right at home among the policymakers and regulators tackling the complex issues and opportunities brought before the Commodities Futures Trading Commission. Stump’s remarkable journey from agriculture to public service has taken her from an upbringing on a family farm to the corridors of power.   ...

In the afterglow of Slack’s successful Direct Floor Listing, NYSE’s Vice Chairman John Tuttle visits the ICE House to unpack how this novel path to public ownership has become has become a popular path for some companies, and why the New York Stock Exchange is the only market for these unique transactions that bypass the traditional IPO process. Learn how the Direct Floor Listing uses the NYSE’s 2...

Hamdi Ulukaya founded Chobani in 2005 and has grown the company into a global powerhouse brand using what he terms the “anti-CEO playbook.” He sat down with the NYSE’s Executive Vice Chairman Betty Liu to explain why he believes that focusing on a return on kindness and service leads to profitability and innovation. Hamdi discusses how he fell in love with business and what Chobani and the Tent Fo...

How is Darling Ingredients creating value from waste and giving nature a second life? If you ask Darling CEO Randy Stuewe, he’s convinced old oil is the new oil and his company is onto something bigger than Bitcoin. Our show this week is a deep dive into the world of agricultural processing, and a look into stretching resources farther than we could have ever imagined.   Inside the ICE House: http...