Ronan Ryan is an Irish-American businessperson. He is the president of

IEX Investors Exchange (IEX) is a stock exchange in the United States. It was founded in 2012 in order to mitigate the effects of high-frequency trading. IEX was launched as a national securities exchange in September 2016. On October 24, 2017, it ...

, the Investor's Exchange, and an

electronic trading Electronic trading, sometimes called e-trading, is the buying and selling of stocks, bonds, foreign currencies, financial derivatives, cryptocurrencies, and other financial instruments online. This is typically done using electronic trading plat ...

expert. As a founding member of IEX, Ryan was a central character featured in Michael Lewis’ '' Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt''. ''

Irish America ''Irish America'' is a bi-monthly periodical that aims to cover topics relevant to the Irish in North America including a range of political, economic, social, and cultural themes. The magazine’s inaugural issue was published in October 1985. ...

'' magazine named Ryan to its 2014 and 2015 Wall Street 50 list.

Background

Born and raised in

Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...

, he moved to America in 1990, when he was 16. Ryan has extensive experience in both networking infrastructure and the financial services industry. Prior to the IEX Group, he has worked for

RBC Capital Markets RBC Capital Markets is a global investment bank providing services in banking, finance, and capital markets to corporations, institutional investors, asset managers, and governments globally. Locations span 58 offices in 14 countries across North ...

, Switch and Data, BT Radianz, Qwest and MCI.

Education

Ryan graduated from Fairfield University in 1996 with a Bachelor's degree in International Studies. During his time at Fairfield, Ryan was a member of the cross country team and he was the school mascot, Lucas the Stag.

Flash Boys

Since

Michael Lewis Michael Monroe Lewis (born October 15, 1960) Gale Biography In Context. is an American author and financial journalist. He has also been a contributing editor to '' Vanity Fair'' since 2009, writing mostly on business, finance, and economics. ...

' book '' Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt'' was released in March 2014, Ryan has experienced rising popularity. As a networking infrastructure expert, Ryan shared his knowledge of colocation and

high-frequency trading High-frequency trading (HFT) is a type of algorithmic trading in finance characterized by high speeds, high turnover rates, and high order-to-trade ratios that leverages high-frequency financial data and electronic trading tools.Lin, Tom C. W. " ...

with Lewis, which became a large focus in Flash Boys. Ryan does not believe all

is bad, but there are certain strategies in high-frequency that Ryan believes front-run large, institutional orders.

References

External links

IEX Group
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