Kristi Ross
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Kristi Ross is an entrepreneur based in Chicago. She is co-CEO and President of tastytrade, Inc., a financial media company[1] and parent company to tastyworks, an online brokerage firm;[2] Quiet Foundation, Inc., a registered investment advisory firm;[3] the Small Exchange, Inc., a futures exchange awaiting CFTC approval;[4] and dough, LLC, a new fee free online brokerage firm launching sometime in 2019.
Career
Kristi Ross began her career as a CPA and was the chief financial officer of Automated Trading Desk Specialists, a stock specialist on the Chicago Stock Exchange.[5]
Ross was the chief financial officer at thinkorswim Group, a private trading experience company, which sold to TD Ameritrade for $750 million in 2009.[6] As CFO, she led numerous merges, acquisitions and integration.
She is co-founder of dough, Inc., a visual front-end trading technology platform, which was launched in 2014. It was combined with and rebranded to tastyworks in January 2017.[7] Ross currently co-hosts the show 'Bootstrapping in America,' where she interviews entrepreneurs.[citation needed]
She holds active memberships at various technology and trading companies such as ChicagoNext Fintech Council of World Business Chicago, P33 Technology Initiative co-chair Capital and Finance Committee, board member of CEC/1871, Economic Club of Chicago, and The Chicago Network.[citation needed]
Ross started the non-profit, EveryHandCounts, that provided fun educational children's books and stories that taught children how to get involved with philanthropy at a young age.[8]
She has received various awards and recognition such as the Illinois Technology Association CityLights' Prominent Tech Woman,[9] the Moxie Awards' Woman in Tech,[10] Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young,[11] James Haugh Award,[12] Innovative Finance Global Women in Fintech Powerlist,[13] Crain's Chicago's Tech 50,[14] TechWeek 100 list,[15] Chicago Business Journal's Women of Influence list,[16] and Midwest Women in Tech Award.[17]
Personal life
Kristi Ross grew up in Wisconsin.[8] Ross trained to become a CPA at St. Norbert College.[1]
She lives in Chicago with her three daughters.[1][8]
References
- ^ a b c Kristi Ross Chicago Ideas. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- ^ Co-founders of Chicago online broker Thinkorswim launch new firm, Crain's Chicago Business, March 20, 2017. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- ^ Quiet Foundation, a New tastytrade Venture, to Offer Zero-Fee Investment Advisory Service, Business Wire, February 21, 2018. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- ^ The Small Exchange to Deploy Eventus Systems Technology for Real-Time Market Surveillance , Cision PR Newswire, March 11, 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- ^ "Chicago Ideas: Kristi Ross". Chicago Ideas Week. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
- ^ TDAmeritrade to Buy thinkorswim for $606 Million, Marketwatch. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- ^ [1], Chicago Business Journal, June 28, 2018. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- ^ a b c "Kristi Ross, co-CEO & president, dough Inc. and Women of Influence honoree – Chicago Business Journal". Retrieved 2016-06-24.
- ^ [2], Illinois Tech Association. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- ^ [3], Americaninno, 2014-06-23. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- ^ [4], Influence Consulting Group, Inc. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
- ^ [5], Dominican University, 2016-10-19. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- ^ [6], CrowdfundInsider, 2016. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- ^ [7], Crain's Chicago Business, 2014-09-20. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- ^ [8], Bluesky Innovation, 2014-06-03. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- ^ [9], Chicago Business Journal, 2015-03-20. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- ^ [10], Crain's Chicago Business, 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2019-04-01.