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With the November acquisition of Adenza, a risk management and regulatory reporting software provider, Nasdaq continued the fintech expansion that Friedman has championed since she took the CEO job in 2017.

Hung joined State Street Global Advisors in December 2022, following a 12 year stint at New York Life Investments, including 7 1/2 years as its CEO.

Merrill Wealth Management added a record 37,500 net new clients in 2023, up nearly 50% from 2022, and added $38 billion AUM from clients in 2023, nearly five times its AUM increase in 2022.

Portney leads the bank's largest business unit, asset servicing. The group's assets under custody and administration neared $50 trillion in the second quarter, setting a record for BNY and the financial industry.

In her daily duties at BNY, Smits, who is originally from the Netherlands and now based in Britain, leads the bank's seven investment firms which have a combined $2 trillion in assets.

Milrod has led the bank's foray into digital finance and its efforts to become more product-driven.

Martin manages NYSE's five equity exchanges — NYSE, NYSE Arca, NYSE American, NYSE National and NYSE Chicago — plus its two options exchanges, NYSE Arca Options and NYSE American Options. 

As managing partner at Edward Jones, Pennington's in charge of 8 million clients, more than 19,500 financial advisors and $2.1 trillion assets under management.

Knox leads more than 4,500 professionals at Bank of America Private Bank, which generates $3.6 billion in annual revenue and has $640 billion in client balances from high-net-worth individuals, families and institutions. 

Yeshaya leads a team of 3,600 employees managing the financial resources of a firm that has swelled to $1.2 trillion in assets following landmark growth in wealth management.

Under McShane's guidance, Wells Fargo became No. 1 in real estate investment banking for the first time, achieving a market share of 15.2%.

As global head of advisory, Aiyengar directs M&A and also leads the corporate advisory and sustainable solutions and director advisory services lines of business.

The private bank, which Liu leads, is one of three areas of wealth management, which, in turn, is one of five business lines Citi CEO Jane Fraser is focusing on for future growth and profits.

Marrs leads the company's second-largest business by revenue that accounts for about 25% of American Express' total revenue.

On November 1, Cheung is slated to become president and CEO of S&P Global. She is succeeding Doug Peterson, who has been CEO since 2013.

Cohen manages $6.6 trillion in assets, and her team of more than 380 professionals advises more than 120 million investors in 67 countries.

At Goldman, Minnis oversees teams worldwide that advise corporate and sponsor clients on their credit, acquisition and other financial decisions.

As head of investment and corporate banking of Mizuho Americas, Katz leads nearly 1,000 employees in the investment banking division, including U.S., European and Asian operations.

As senior executive vice president and chief institutional client officer at TIAA, Gibson oversees the company's core retirement business.

In 2021, El-Hillow left Goldman Sachs to lead the Seattle-based private company's entire investment division.