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William O'Brien, Infamous CEO Of BATS, Has Left The Firm
Remember when IEX' Brad Katsuyama swept the floor with BATS CEO Bill O'Brien, exposing him as a liar on national TV in his spirited defense of HFT and an "unrigged market"? Well, Bill has just left the building: as BATS reported moments ago he is no longer with the firm.
From the Press Release:
BATS Global Markets Announces Departure of William O’Brien; Joe Ratterman, CEO, Reassumes Additional Role Of President
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – July 22, 2014 – BATS Global Markets (BATS) today announced the departure of William O’Brien as President, effective immediately, with CEO Joe Ratterman reassuming the additional role of President.
Mr. Ratterman previously held both the CEO and President roles from June 2007 through January 2014. He joined BATS in June 2005 as a founding employee.
In addition to Mr. Ratterman as CEO and President, the remainder of the executive management team is unchanged with Chris Isaacson, Executive Vice President, Global Chief Information Officer; Tami Schademann, Executive Vice President, Chief Regulatory Officer; Eric Swanson, Executive Vice President, General Counsel; Mark Hemsley, CEO of BATS Chi-X Europe; Brian Schell, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer; and Bryan Harkins, Executive Vice President, Head of U.S. Markets.
The full executive team will report directly to Mr. Ratterman.
In case you missed the exchange, here it is again:
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Lets securitize death bonds for banker "suicides".
Would be a nice thing to profit from!
keep an eye out for nail guns and tall buildings....
If I left like BillyBob, I'd have to yell out "Sexual chocolate!" and drop the microphone.
Mover over Hank Greenberg, I'm switching to O'Brien in my banker death pool.
I guess it was time for him to go BATShit.
maybe he's taking some time off to take up kiteboarding
Nobody will miss this guy.
Buh-bye BATS Boy!
Bullish on nail gun makers....
"William O'Brian"
Looks like the company got rid of their WOBble.
Maybe we can have CDS's as well
So long, Billy!
Slick Willy!!
So what? Jay Carney also left when his last shred of credibility was gone. Compulsive lying is a high-churn industry.
They don't lie because its in their best interest. They lie because it is in their nature. This is their vulnerability...
In this day and age, lying is the best job many can find.
Via the top floor window?
Good one. +50 One can only wish!
The interview re. Flash Boys. What a conceited little man.
The Rats always leave the sinking ship early...
http://nypost.com/2014/07/22/white-flags-flying-from-brooklyn-bridge-cop...
The punchline: You know, Spiderman, you're a real asshole when you're drunk.
did they surrender to the undocumented former residents of central american shitholes?
In horse racing speak. ..... a Ratterman for an O'Brien is a big rider switch.
"We don't do that!"
"Yes, you do."
"No, we don't! That's a lie!"
Flash forward to the next day.... "Um, yeah, we actually do that."
Don't let the door hit you on the way out, asshole.
Awwwww does this mean our orders won't be front-runned from now on? Darn, I used to love when they did that!!
Let's not get ahead of ourselves now.
That dude has gone all Stockholm Syndrome on us.
There are several things in this world today, reminding me of that acient symbol of the snake dervouring itself.
JUMP FUCKER, JUMP!!!
I guess he figured out what the meaning of "is" is.
Perhaps one of the worst performances in public EVER !!!
That obrien guy looks like he is high
You need hackers to get into the HFTs to make the markets rigged it the other way. The hackers would be robin hoods.
I'm sure he'll find a high ranking job in Government. Revolving door between Fraud street and Washington, District of Criminals anyone?
Seems like a real pompous asshole with an attitude problem.Bad for business perseption.If I could use a female expression here,I will.He reminds me of the CEO of JP Morgan who is just another stupid male jerk.
I want to see a video of Bill O'Brien committing seppuku. (Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment.)
I dont watch CNBC much anymore but this was the best performance of the cause for truth i have seen in a long time
So sad that this level of professional reporting at CNBC does not include the NEWS room. They lack any real meaningful dicussions about Obama's mismanagement of the country. If it had, Obama would have left the building years ago...
Sacrifice the Goyim.
Ratterman is a much better liar.