Ronan Ryan
{{short description|Irish-American businessperson (born 1974)}}
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| known_for = Michael Lewis' Flash Boys
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| title = President of IEX Group
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Ronan Ryan is an Irish-American businessperson. He is the president of IEX, the Investor's Exchange, and an electronic trading expert. As a founding member of IEX, Ryan was a central character featured in Michael Lewis’ Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt.{{cite web |last=Roose |first=Kevin |title=What It's Like to Star in a Michael Lewis Book |work=New York Times Magazine|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/03/what-its-like-to-star-in-a-michael-lewis-book.html |date=April 1, 2014 |accessdate=2014-09-27}} Irish America magazine named Ryan to its 2014 and 2015 Wall Street 50 list.{{cite web |title=Irish America Wall Street 50: Ronan Ryan |publisher=Irish America |url=http://irishamerica.com/2014/09/ronan-ryan/ |date=September 18, 2014 |accessdate=2014-09-27}}{{cite web |title=Irish America Wall Street 50: Ronan Ryan |publisher=Irish America |url=http://irishamerica.com/2015/09/ronan-ryan-2/|date=September 27, 2015 |accessdate=2016-10-08}}
Background
Born and raised in Dublin, he moved to America in 1990, when he was 16.{{cite web |last=Lewis |first=Michael |title=The Wolf Hunters of Wall Street - An Adaptation From 'Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt' |work=New York Times | date=March 31, 2014 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/06/magazine/flash-boys-michael-lewis.html?hp&_r=00 |accessdate=2014-09-27}}
Ryan has extensive experience in both networking infrastructure and the financial services industry.{{cite web | title = Management: Ronan Ryan | publisher = IEX Group | date = September 27, 2014 | url = http://www.iextrading.com/about/ | accessdate = 2014-09-27}} Prior to the IEX Group, he has worked for RBC Capital Markets, Switch and Data, BT Radianz, Qwest and MCI.
Education
Ryan graduated from Fairfield University in 1996 with a Bachelor's degree in International Studies.{{cite web|title=Ronan Ryan Chief Strategy Officer at IEX, Subject of Michael Lewis' Flash Boys|url=http://www.greatertalent.com/ronanryan/|website=greatertalent.com}} During his time at Fairfield, Ryan was a member of the cross country team and he was the school mascot, Lucas the Stag.{{cite web |last=Leach |first=Tim |title=From Fairfield to Wall Street, Ronan Ryan talks change |publisher=Fairfield Magazine | date=April 27, 2014 |url=http://tcleachnewswriting.wordpress.com/2014/04/27/from-fairfield-to-wall-street-ronan-ryan-talks-change/ |accessdate=2014-09-27}}
Flash Boys
Since Michael Lewis' 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 with Lewis, which became a large focus in Flash Boys.{{cite web|title=Spotlight Interview with Ronan Ryan, IEX Group, at TBLI CONFERENCE USA 2014, New York|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2qWcDmZAyQ|website=youtube.com| date=26 June 2014 |publisher=TBLI Conference}} Ryan does not believe all high-frequency trading is bad, but there are certain strategies in high-frequency that Ryan believes front-run large, institutional orders.
References
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External links
- [http://www.iextrading.com/ IEX Group]
- {{cite web |url= http://www.cbsnews.com/news/is-the-us-stock-market-rigged/ |publisher= CBS |work= 60 Minutes |title= Is the US Stock Market Rigged? |first= Steve |last= Kroft |date= Mar 30, 2014 }}
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Category:Fairfield University alumni