McIntire School Advisory Board

Mark E. Galant

Mark Galant is the CEO and Founder of Gain Capital. He has enjoyed a distinguished and diverse 20-year career in and around Wall Street. From 1994 up until the launch of GAIN Capital in October 1999, Mr. Galant was the number two executive at FNX Limited, an international provider of trading and risk management systems. Mr. Galant was instrumental in transforming FNX into a world-class software and services firm and, according to Inc. magazine, one of the 500 fastest-growing companies in the United States in 1996, 1997, and 1998. During most of his tenure at this now 200-person company, Mark was responsible for sales and marketing, successfully placing the firm's mission-critical systems into the world's top financial institutions while consistently exceeding revenue projections. In October 1998, he assumed the role of Vice Chairman, responsible for overseeing the strategic initiatives of the organization, including acquisitions, joint ventures, and external relationships.

Before joining FNX in 1994, Mr. Galant served as global head of foreign exchange options trading at Credit Suisse. There, he expanded a small regional operation into one of the world's largest and most respected global foreign exchange options trading organizations, trading $4 billion per day. Before Credit Suisse, Mr. Galant ran the foreign exchange options desk at Chemical Bank. He also traded all financial products as a money manager for Paul Tudor Jones at Tudor Investment Corporation. During his early years on Wall Street, Mr. Galant was a floor trader, successfully trading (30 straight quarters without a loss) his own account on several of New York's commodities exchanges. He holds a B.S. in finance from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
 

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