Interactive Brokers
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8 statements about Interactive Brokers, every show
Interactive Brokers is valued at over $100 billion
“His second act interactive brokers is worth over a hundred billion dollars.”
Peterffy says the most important people at his company are programmers
“I'm a computer programmer, and so are all the most important people in my company.”
Thomas Peterffy invented the first handheld trading computer in 1983
“In 1983, 27 years before Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad. Peterfi invented the first handheld trading computer.”
Peterffy owned nearly 100% of Interactive Brokers prior to IPO
“The IPO wasn't about raising capital. He owned close to a hundred percent of the business having built it with Timber Hills cashflow.”
Peterffy saved $80 million in banking fees through a Dutch auction IPO
“Rather than pay the substantial fees demanded by investment banks, he chose a Dutch auction and hired an obscure firm to list 10% of his business. This saved him eighty million dollars.”
Interactive Brokers generated $3.7B profit on $5.2B revenue in 2024
“A pure play brokerage with four million customers, over seven hundred billion in client assets, and just 3000 employees, most of them engineers. In 2024, it generated 3.7 billion in profits on 5.2 billion in revenue. The company he took public at a twelve bill…”
Thomas Peterffy still owns nearly 70% of Interactive Brokers at age 81
“In 2019 on his 75th birthday, he stepped down as CEO, but retirement is out of the question. He's 81, chairman of Interactive Brokers, still owns nearly 70% of the business”