Clarke Murphy

Call them changemakers. Call them rule breakers. We call them Redefiners. Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Redefiners. It's Clark Murphy with Russell Reynolds Associates. We've got a special jolt of caffeine today because we're recording live off the floor of the NASDAQ exchange. If you want some energy, you've got to come here. It's amazing.

Call them changemakers. Call them rule breakers. We call them Redefiners. Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Redefiners. It's Clark Murphy with Russell Reynolds Associates. We've got a special jolt of caffeine today because we're recording live off the floor of the NASDAQ exchange. If you want some energy, you've got to come here. It's amazing.

Call them changemakers. Call them rule breakers. We call them Redefiners. Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Redefiners. It's Clark Murphy with Russell Reynolds Associates. We've got a special jolt of caffeine today because we're recording live off the floor of the NASDAQ exchange. If you want some energy, you've got to come here. It's amazing.

For those who aren't familiar, the exchange was the first electronic exchange founded in 1971. and is home to the listings of some of those high-energy companies like NVIDIA, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Meta. So you've got the picture. But of course, the exchange is just one of their businesses, and we're going to talk about that a little bit later on.

For those who aren't familiar, the exchange was the first electronic exchange founded in 1971. and is home to the listings of some of those high-energy companies like NVIDIA, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Meta. So you've got the picture. But of course, the exchange is just one of their businesses, and we're going to talk about that a little bit later on.

For those who aren't familiar, the exchange was the first electronic exchange founded in 1971. and is home to the listings of some of those high-energy companies like NVIDIA, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Meta. So you've got the picture. But of course, the exchange is just one of their businesses, and we're going to talk about that a little bit later on.

Before we get started, just a reminder to our listeners, if you are watching this on YouTube, you can go down and hit the subscribe button. And for those of you who are listening, we would love for you to give us some feedback on any questions you have, what you think of it, and keep listening wherever you get your podcasts.

Before we get started, just a reminder to our listeners, if you are watching this on YouTube, you can go down and hit the subscribe button. And for those of you who are listening, we would love for you to give us some feedback on any questions you have, what you think of it, and keep listening wherever you get your podcasts.

Before we get started, just a reminder to our listeners, if you are watching this on YouTube, you can go down and hit the subscribe button. And for those of you who are listening, we would love for you to give us some feedback on any questions you have, what you think of it, and keep listening wherever you get your podcasts.

So a lot of the work we do at Russell Reynolds Associates with CEOs and board members is talking about the themes today of innovation, pace of change, culture, talent, making sure you're relevant, but keeping the roots of a great culture. We're joined today with a CEO who is doing that at pace and scale as we speak. And we're joined today by Adina Friedman, who's the chair and CEO of NASDAQ.

So a lot of the work we do at Russell Reynolds Associates with CEOs and board members is talking about the themes today of innovation, pace of change, culture, talent, making sure you're relevant, but keeping the roots of a great culture. We're joined today with a CEO who is doing that at pace and scale as we speak. And we're joined today by Adina Friedman, who's the chair and CEO of NASDAQ.

So a lot of the work we do at Russell Reynolds Associates with CEOs and board members is talking about the themes today of innovation, pace of change, culture, talent, making sure you're relevant, but keeping the roots of a great culture. We're joined today with a CEO who is doing that at pace and scale as we speak. And we're joined today by Adina Friedman, who's the chair and CEO of NASDAQ.

earlier served as president, also COO. She left briefly at one point to be the chief financial officer of the Carlyle Group, in fact, took them public as the CFO. And so she's seen the listings from both sides of the scoreboard. Earlier, she was at NASDAQ running their data products business. And she's done a variety of things, starting by joining the company as an intern out of business school.

earlier served as president, also COO. She left briefly at one point to be the chief financial officer of the Carlyle Group, in fact, took them public as the CFO. And so she's seen the listings from both sides of the scoreboard. Earlier, she was at NASDAQ running their data products business. And she's done a variety of things, starting by joining the company as an intern out of business school.

earlier served as president, also COO. She left briefly at one point to be the chief financial officer of the Carlyle Group, in fact, took them public as the CFO. And so she's seen the listings from both sides of the scoreboard. Earlier, she was at NASDAQ running their data products business. And she's done a variety of things, starting by joining the company as an intern out of business school.

Adina, welcome to Redefiners. Thanks for joining us.

Adina, welcome to Redefiners. Thanks for joining us.

Adina, welcome to Redefiners. Thanks for joining us.

Well, it's good to be in the same place at the same time. Agreed. I have to laugh. You and I may be some of the rare people that have spent 30 years on and off with the same company. Agreed. Agreed. So maybe we start there. Having started as an intern to become CEO, you started as an intern, became CEO.

Well, it's good to be in the same place at the same time. Agreed. I have to laugh. You and I may be some of the rare people that have spent 30 years on and off with the same company. Agreed. Agreed. So maybe we start there. Having started as an intern to become CEO, you started as an intern, became CEO.