tZERO Appoints Former Nasdaq EVP John Jacobs to its Board of Directors
September 21 2020 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Senior Business Leader Brings Decades of
Financial Services Expertise
tZERO, a leader in financial innovation and liquidity for
private companies, announced today that former Executive Vice
President (EVP) and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Nasdaq, John
Jacobs, has joined tZERO’s Board of Directors as its newest member.
Jacobs is known for his business success and expertise in working
with institutional investors, IPOs, and global public companies.
tZERO’s board now has five directors.
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John Jacobs, tZERO’s Newest Director
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Jacobs has a strong leadership background and has served Nasdaq
in a variety of positions, starting his career with the firm in
1983. He most recently served as Senior Advisor and Principal
Consultant to Nasdaq’s CEO and President, where he was responsible
for reviewing potential opportunities in the index and data
business, and supporting product and business development efforts.
Prior to that, Jacobs served as Nasdaq’s Chief Marketing Officer
and EVP for the Global Marketing Group and the EVP of the Global
Index Group. As CMO, he led all aspects of the company’s brand,
from strategy to execution, and carried out a transformation of the
company’s image from a national brand in U.S. stocks, to a global
leader for diversified financial services. Jacobs established and
built the Global Index Group from the ground up, and created one of
the largest ETF fund families in the world with the launch of
Nasdaq’s Fund business, built on his creation of QQQ – the ETF
tracking the Nasdaq-100 Index.
“I am pleased to welcome John to tZERO’s Board of Directors,”
said Jonathan Johnson, Chairman of Board of Directors at tZERO and
CEO of Overstock.com. “John brings valuable experience in leading
transformative projects in capital markets, which will play an
important role in providing strategic guidance on tZERO’s growth
strategy.”
tZERO CEO Saum Noursalehi added, “John is an excellent addition
to the board. He will bring highly relevant capital markets
experience and relationships to our growing ecosystem.”
“I am thrilled to join tZERO’s Board of Directors and look
forward to continuing to build on the successes that the tZERO team
has achieved as it continues to build its innovative private asset
liquidity platform,” stated Jacobs.
Jacobs currently serves as Chairman of Alerian, Founder and CEO
of Q3 Advisors, LLC, Board Member of ProCure Funds and US Bank LiFT
Board, and Executive Director of the Center for Financial Markets
and Policy. In addition to these roles, Jacobs is also an Adjunct
Professor of Finance at the McDonough School of Business at
Georgetown University.
tZERO is a technology firm with the goal of democratizing access
to private capital markets. tZERO is a subsidiary of Medici
Ventures, the blockchain-focused, wholly owned subsidiary of
Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSTK).
About tZERO
tZERO Group, Inc. and its broker-dealer subsidiaries (tZERO)
provide an innovative liquidity platform for private companies and
assets. We offer institutional-grade solutions for issuers looking
to digitize their capital table through blockchain technology, and
trade on a regulated alternative trading system. tZERO democratizes
access to private assets by providing a simple, automated, and
efficient trading venue to broker-dealers, institutions, and
investors. For more information on tZERO, please visit
https://www.tzero.com/.
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tZERO Media Contact Alexandra Sotiropoulos,
+1-347-293-1416 asotiropoulos@tzero.com
Investor Contact Michael Mougias, +1-347-293-1248
mmougias@tzero.com
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