I grew up in a socialist country. And I have seen what that does to people. There is no hope, no freedom. No pride in achievement.

Its equity partners include Citigroup Credit Suisse Interactive Brokers JP Morgan Morgan Stanley UBS and Citadel Derivatives Group LLC. BOX offers price improvement to traders through its patent-pending Price Improvement Period automated trading mechanism. When he first moved to New York City he did not speak English.

Thomas Peterffy (born 1944) is a Hungarian-born American entrepreneur. In the 1970s Peterffy purchased a seat on the American Stock Exchange and played a key role in developing the electronic trading of securities.