CEO & Founder Conversations

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  • V-Square's Mamadou-Abou Sarr Triple Jumps to the Corner Office

    "If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win." The words of nine-time Olympic gold-medalist Carl Lewis resonated with businesses and entrepreneurs opening their doors in the months leading into March 2020. V-Square Quantitative Management was one of those, dealing with an un...

  • Dr.Jan Herzhoff, President of Elsevier Health, Implants AI into Medical Research

    In the era of AI integration, its most profound impact may be on medical research and patient care. In exam rooms and on operating tables, AI has the potential to save crucial seconds and make life-saving diagnoses. At the forefront of this AI revolution in healthcare is Elsevier Health President...

  • BNY's Catherine Keating on the Transfer of $72T in Intergenerational Wealth

    Over the next 20 years, $72 trillion in assets will change hands from Baby Boomer to their heirs. The Bank of New York, established in 1784 under the stewardship of Alexander Hamilton, knows a thing or two about how to accomplish that task. As the nation’s oldest bank (and the first company liste...

  • WEC Energy Chair Gale Klappa Shoots From the ARC to Make the Utility a Winner

    Gale Klappa, Executive Chairman of WEC Energy Group (NYSE:WEC), isn’t just focused on powering Wisconsin and his 4.6 million customers across the Midwest. Klappa is helping the Badger State grow as well, while growing shareholder value at the same time. He sat down Inside the ICE House to discuss...

  • Deutsche Bank's Kamran Khan Casts Asia as the Lead in the Globe's ESG Efforts

    Kamran Khan, Managing Director and Head of ESG for Asia-Pacific for Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB), discusses the state of ESG in Asia and across the globe. Ahead of his appearance at ICE’s Annual Climate and Capital Conference, Kamran sat down Inside the ICE to discuss the business of ESG and how his c...

  • Climate Vault Co-Founder Michael Greenstone Bolts Carbon to its Value

    In this episode, ICE’s Gordon Bennett sits down with Michael Greenstone, the Milton Friedman Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago and co-founder of Climate Vault. Michael shares how his career led to the creation of Climate Vault to attach the dollars of damage done b...

  • M&A Legal Legend Robert Kindler Expounds on Deal-Making Diligence

    When thinking of big-time mergers of the past three decades, Wall Street memories may conjure thousands of different deals. Among the highest-profile deals, there’s a good chance Robert Kindler played a role in it. From his former M&A perch at JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) to his new home at Paul, We...

  • UpEnergy Cofounders Matt Evans and Alex Rau Fight Energy Poverty

    UpEnergy Group Cofounders Alex Rau and Matt Evans explain how UpEnergy is using ICE’s carbon markets to drive the energy transition, save lives, and reduce energy poverty. As they explain, the auction carbon credits based on UpEnergy’s Improved Cookstove Program in Uganda is just one of the innov...

  • Gary Cohn on Conquering Obstacles, Convening People and Creating Opportunity

    Gary Cohn, American business leader, investor and former director of the U.S. Economic Council, reflects on overcoming obstacles and his journey from Wall Street to Washington and back. Gary joins ICE’s Amanda Hindlian to discuss everything from his upbringing to professional success, living thro...

  • Mercer's Rich Nuzum Builds Bridges Between Community & Information

    How does one merge the art of Wall Street savvy with Main Street wisdom? Rich Nuzum of Mercer, a subsidiary of parent company Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), may have the answers. He goes Inside the ICE House to unpack how the company is transforming investing from a solo pursuit to a collaborative e...

  • Amundi's Vincent Mortier on Bubbles, Bonds and Being Bullish on Asia

    Vincent Mortier, Chief Investment Officer of Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager and one of the world’s top 10, joined the podcast to survey inflation expectations and where the global economy is headed from here. He shared the questions investors are asking, where he sees valuations going, an...

  • Virtu's Vinnie Viola, on his Journey from West Point to Wall Street

    Vincent Viola, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Virtu Financial, is a son of Brooklyn, a cadet of West Point, a brother of the NYMEX trading pits, and now an owner of Panthers and winner of the Prince of Wales Trophy. Vinnie’s NHL hockey team fell short of the Stanley Cup in 2023, but his team fr...

  • Capital Group's John Queen is King of the Firm's New Family of ETFs

    Capital Group’s John Queen likes to drive fast. With his California race car pedigree, he’s helping to drive the firm’s new suite of ETFs, including the Capital Group Core Balanced ETF (NYSE Arca: CGBL). On the day that Capital Group convened its top clients at the NYSE, John slipped away to join...

  • Famed Investor Jeff Ubben of Inclusive Capital Partners, on Climate & Capital

    Jeff Ubben, Founder, Managing Partner, and Portfolio Manager of Inclusive Capital Partners, wants to engage companies and stakeholders on the hard work of combatting climate change and adapting to emerging risks. For the past five years at the helm of Inclusive Capital, Jeff has brought his exper...

  • ESPN Chair Jimmy Pitaro Goes Long on Live Sports, Streaming, and Storytelling

    As Chairman of ESPN, part of entertainment giant Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS), Jimmy Pitaro leads the Worldwide Leader in Sports, from the rights to the Super Bowl to Pickleball. Jimmy takes listeners through his journey from Westchester to Manhattan, from Burbank to Bristol, and from the Bric...

  • Lennar Mortgage President Laura Escobar on the Path to Mortgage Banking Bound

    Real estate is about location, location, location, but according to Laura Escobar, the President of Lennar Mortgage, the mortgage lending subsidiary of Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN), mortgage banking comes down to education, education, education. Not just for people securing a home loan, but thos...

  • Mark Wassersug, ICE's Wizard of Operations, Reveals the Magic of the Machine

    Mark Wassersug, an OG member of the ICE leadership team and its longtime COO, is readying to swipe his lift pass instead of his company ID pass after two decades transforming ICE from a startup into one of the world’s foremost operators of financial infrastructure. As he readied to swap wingtips ...

  • Andurand Capital's Mark Lewis Sees Through the Tempest of Climate Change

    If, as the Bard said, “what's past is prologue,” then there is no better person to talk about the future of energy markets than Mark Lewis, Head of Climate Research for Andurand Capital Management. Mark pioneered the green finance discipline and now advises clients on investment opportunities cre...

  • Never Enough: The North Star of former Navy SEAL Mike Hayes, COO of VMware

    Mike Hayes, COO of VMware (NYSE: VMW) and former commanding officer of SEAL Team TWO, wrote “Never Enough: A Navy SEAL Commander on Living a Life of Excellence, Agility, and Meaning” to share the lessons he learned during his service to help readers do work of value, live purposely, and stretch t...

  • Inspired Capital's Alexa Von Tobel Funds the Next Wave of Entrepreneurs

    Inspired Capital's Alexa von Tobel is at the forefront of early-stage investing, with a focus on solving some of the world's biggest problems. She goes Inside the ICE House to discuss how her venture capital firm is backing the audacious and how they plan to deploy their recently-raised third fund.

  • ICE's Mortgage Guru Andy Walden Sees Signals and Trends in Housing Market

    Whenever ICE’s Andy Walden appears on CNBC, he comes armed with insights gleaned from reams of ICE’s data on the ever-evolving landscape of the U.S. housing market. ICE’s monthly Mortgage Monitor serves as his primary gauge. As VP of Enterprise Research Strategy for ICE Mortgage Technology, Andy ...

  • CoreLogic's Selma Hepp Maps Mortgage Shifts and Housing Market Movements

    ICE Experience 2024 gathered key figures from the mortgage industry to exchange insights and explore emerging trends. Against the backdrop of Las Vegas, Nevada, CoreLogic Chief Economist Selma Hepp took center stage Inside the ICE House, sharing her wealth of expertise and offering perspectives o...

  • Cutting Down on Creepy Crawlers: Cassie Krejci on Perfecting Pest Control

    From advanced technology to eco-friendly approaches, Cassie Krejci, Head of Science and Innovation for Rentokil Initial, NYSE: RTO, is helping the pest-control industry advance toward the future. As the Rentokil Terminix Innovation Center readies for its grand opening, Cassie goes Inside the ICE ...

  • Brad Jacobs Unveils the Secret Sauce for "How to Make a Few Billion Dollars"

    Drawing from an expertise in launching billion-dollar, NYSE-listed enterprises like United Rentals, RXO, Inc. and GXO Logistics, entrepreneur Brad Jacobs is a master at identifying untapped industries and propelling businesses to extraordinary heights. The author of the new book, “How to Make a F...