Duncan L. Niederauer

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

is an American businessman. He served as the chief executive officer of

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until 2014 and owner and chairman of

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Early life

Niederauer graduated from

Colgate University Colgate University is a Private university, private college in Hamilton, New York, United States. The Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college was founded in 1819 as the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York ...

with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He received a Master of Business Administration from the

Goizueta Business School Emory University's Goizueta Business School (also known as ''Goizueta Business School'', ''Emory Business School'', or simply ''Goizueta'' – pronounced ''goy-swet-ah'') is a private business school of Emory University located in Atlanta, Georgia ...

Emory University Emory University is a private university, private research university in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was founded in 1836 as Emory College by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory. Its main campu ...

Career

Niederauer joined

Goldman Sachs The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ( ) is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is headquartered in Lower Manhattan in New York City, with regional headquarters in many internationa ...

in 1985, and became a partner in 2000. From 2002 to 2004, he served on the Board of Manager of Archipelago Holdings. He served on the board of directors of the Eze Castle Software since 1981 and the

Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is an American financial market infrastructure company that provides clearing, settlement and trade reporting services to financial market participants. It performs the exchange of securities ...

until 2008. Niederauer joined

as a director in April 2007. Since December 2007, he has been chief executive officer and a director of NYSE Euronext. In 2013, Niederauer was honored as

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

(CBE) for "services to the Northern Ireland economy". In 2014, Niederauer retired from NYSE Euronext. Niederauer is a member of G100, a private group of chief executives from the world's largest companies, and the

British-American Business Council British Americans usually refers to Americans whose ancestral origin originates wholly or partly in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland and also the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, and Gibraltar). It is prima ...

International Advisory Committee. In 2019, he became president of

. He is a founding partner of Communitas Capital.

Philanthropy

Niederauer is a member of

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, the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, the Shanghai International Financial Advisory Committee,

The American Ireland Fund The American Ireland Fund (DBA The Ireland Funds America), is a tax-exempt organization incorporated under the laws of the United States and has been determined by the IRS to be a public charity under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Cod ...

, the

Museum of American Finance The Museum of American Finance is an independent public museum dedicated to preserving, exhibiting and teaching about American finance and financial history. Located in the Financial District in Manhattan, New York City, it is an affiliate of ...

, and

Fundação Dom Cabral Established in 1976, Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC) is a Brazilian business school. FDC, a nonprofit institution, was created out of the Extension Center at the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais. Approximately 40,000 executives from mi ...

in Brazil. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of his alma mater, Colgate University, where he gave the Commencement speech in 2013. He also serves on the Boards of Operation HOPE and the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation.

Personal life

Niederauer is married and has three children. He lives in

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References

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