Innovators

Dr. Richard Sandor

Dr Richard Sandor was chief economist at the Chicago Board of Trade during the 1970′s where he spearheaded the introduction of the futures contracts on Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) certificates and 30-year Treasury bonds.

Jimmy Wales

Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia was formerly in the options trading business. From 1994-2000 he was director of research at Chicago Options Associates. Wales created the web portal Bomis.com during this period. He went on to create Nupedia – a free, open-content encyclopedia which led to