Lynn Martin is helping lead a charge forward in her role as president of the New York Stock Exchange Group, which is looking ahead to a strong year for markets.
Martin, 48, has been in her current position for just over two years. From 2001 to 2014, she was executive vice president for NYSE, which is owned by Intercontinental Exchange, or ICE. The company’s exchange revenue, which includes NYSE, was $1.1 billion in the fourth quarter, for half of total company revenue in the quarter.
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Lynn Martin is helping lead a charge forward in her role as president of the New York Stock Exchange Group, which is looking ahead to a strong year for markets.
Martin, 48, has been in her current position for just over two years. From 2001 to 2014, she was executive vice president for NYSE, which is owned by
or ICE. The company’s exchange revenue, which includes NYSE, was $1.1 billion in the fourth quarter, for half of total company revenue in the quarter.
Revenue, analysts expect, should grow this year to $9.2 billion from $8 billion last year, according to FactSet. Part of the growth could come from a buoyant market for initial public offerings after a cool-off in 2022 and 2023.
“We absolutely have seen the re-emergence of IPOs,” Martin says.
I like to say I have the best job on planet Earth,” she says. “I get to welcome CEOs to our building and speak with some of the great CEOs known to modern-day markets.”
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Corrections & Amplifications
The company’s exchange revenue, which includes NYSE, was $1.1 billion in the fourth quarter, for half of total company revenue in the quarter. An earlier version of this article incorrectly said NYSE brought in $355 million in revenue for the fourth quarter, just over 16% of ICE’s total revenue of $2.2 billion.
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