Thomas Peterffy
Thomas Peterffy
Thomas Peterffy is a Hungarian-born American entrepreneur. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. and played a key role in founding the Boston Options Exchange. Peterffy worked as an architectural draftsman after immigrating to the United States and later became a computer programmer. In 1977, Peterffy purchased a seat on the American Stock Exchange and played an important role in developing the electronic trading of securities. He is the largest shareholder of his company, Interactive...
NationalityHungarian
ProfessionBusinessman
Thomas Peterffy quotes about
billion
I paid $1.9 billion in taxes in my lifetime.
slippery-slope littles bits
Never bend the rules. You bend the rules a little bit and then it's a slippery slope.
thinking computer traders
Some traders still think that a computer could not trade as well as they can.
lifetime taxes billions
I paid $1.9 billion in taxes in my lifetime.
country pride socialist-countries
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.
educational school america
My charitable donations go to educational efforts, such as Teach for America, Vanderbilt University, Berkshire School.
thinking great-future no-point
I see no point in exchanging something that I understand, know, love and think will have a great future for something else that I know much less about.
proverbs
You win a few, you lose a few.