Thomas W. Farley | |
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 Farley in 2018 | |
| Born | December 10, 1975 New York City, New York, United States |
| Alma mater | Georgetown University |
| Occupation | CEO of Bullish |
| Children | 3 |
Thomas W. Farley (born December 10, 1975) is an American banker and the CEO of Bullish. He previously was the president of NYSE Euronext and the New York Stock Exchange. Farley owns approximately 4% of Bullish.
Farley grew up in Bowie, Maryland. [1] In 1993, he graduated from Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Georgetown University in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government, where he played collegiate baseball. [2] He received a Chartered Financial Analyst certification from the CFA Institute.
Farley worked for Montgomery Securities, an investment bank, and Gryphon Investors, a private equity firm. He was the chief financial officer, chief operating officer and later president of SunGard Kiodex, the derivatives advisory subsidiary of SunGard. [3]
In January 2007, Farley became the president of the New York Board of Trade at the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and chief operating officer of ICE Futures U.S. [4] He was later the senior vice president of financial markets at the ICE.
Farley was the chief operating officer of the NYSE Group from November 2013 to May 2014. He was its president from 2014 to 2018. Farley oversaw several major listings, including Alibaba's 2014 initial public offering, which was the largest IPO in U.S. history at the time. [5]
In 2013, on behalf of the NYSE, Farley invested $10 million in Coinbase, which was relatively unknown at the time. [6]
Farley then became CEO of Far Peak Acquisition, a special-purpose acquisition company. It planned to merge with Bullish, but the acquisition was rescinded due to insufficient time to gain approvals. Bullish instead became a public company via an initial public offering and Farley became CEO and chairman in 2019. [7] Bullish raised $1.1 billion in an initial public offering, and the stock opened at $90 on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker BLSH. [8]
Farley is married to Molly Glynn; they have three daughters. [9] Farley contracted COVID-19 in March 2020. [10]