About
Per ICE's leadership profile, Jeffrey Sprecher is Founder, Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Intercontinental Exchange, which he founded in 2000 after purchasing Continental Power Exchange in 1997, growing it into a Fortune 500 company with roughly 14,000 employees and about $9 billion in annual revenue.
ICE credits him with leading major acquisitions including the International Petroleum Exchange (2001), the New York Board of Trade (2007), Creditex (2008), the Clearing Corporation (2009), Climate Exchange (2010), NYSE (2013), Interactive Data Corporation (2015), Ellie Mae (2020) and Black Knight (2023). He served as NYSE Chair for eight years through 2021 and has been named one of Barron's 'World's Best CEOs' for six consecutive years.
Roles
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.
Chair and Chief Executive Officer · Current role
2000–present
Western Power Group, Inc.
President (among other positions) · Held positions over a fourteen-year period; responsible for a number of significant financings. Company was a developer, owner and operator of large central-station power plants.
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New York Stock Exchange
Chair · Served as NYSE Chair for eight years through 2021 (per ICE).
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Continental Power Exchange
Owner / Acquirer · Purchased CPEX, ICE's predecessor, in 1997.
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Fixed Compensation
FY 2025
All other compensation
$21,000
Total compensation
$22,133,386
Performance Compensation
Data from FY 2025
Cash incentive
Non-equity incentive plan compensation
$4,050,000
Stock awards
Also at Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.