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Adena T. Friedman
Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Nasdaq
Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Nasdaq
Background
Adena T. Friedman is Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Nasdaq.
She has been CEO since January 1, 2017, and she became Chair of the Board on January 1, 2023.
From March 2011 to June 2014, she was Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director of The Carlyle Group.
About Nasdaq
Nasdaq: Nasdaq is an American financial services corporation. It provides data, analytics, software, exchange capabilities and advisory services across the global financial system.
Key facts
- CEO since
- January 1, 2017source
- Chair of the Board since
- January 1, 2023source
- Previous role
- Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director, The Carlyle Group, March 2011 to June 2014source
- Board appointment
- Intuit Board of Directors, August 2026source
- Rejoined Nasdaq
- 2014source
- Originally joined Nasdaq
- 1993, as an internsource
- President, Nasdaq
- June 2014 to December 2015source
- President and Chief Operating Officer, Nasdaq
- December 2015 to December 2016source
- Intuit Board of Directors
- Appointed August 2026source
- Business Roundtable Board of Directors
- Elected January 2024source
- Vanderbilt University Board of Trust
- Member since July 2020source
- Intuit Board committees
- Audit and Risk Committee; Nominating and Governance Committeesource
- Nasdaq acquisitions overseen
- INET, OMX, and the Philadelphia and Boston Exchangessource
- Business Roundtable Technology Committee
- Chair (current)source
- Industry experience
- More than 20 years of industry leadership and expertisesource
- Nasdaq management before Carlyle
- Key member of Nasdaq's management team for over a decade, including as head of data products, head of corporate strategy and CFOsource
- President and COO responsibilities
- Responsible for the operations of the company's business segmentssource
Sources
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