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Market Cap:$232.6M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.2B
  • Public
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eSpeed (ESPD), a publicly traded company since December of 1999, is the definitive marketplace technology provider for the financial capital markets of the world. Around the world, around the clock, our system is trading products ranging from US treasuries and European government bonds to futures and foreign exchange. Thousands of traders at hundreds of global financial institutions conduct over $45 trillion of transactions annually in our multiple buyer/multiple seller markets. And, even better, no matter what a company's size, they can buy or license our key trading software directly as well. With offices in North America, Europe, and Asia we're everywhere our clients are. More than a trading system, eSpeed is a new way to trade. Our innovative technology creates the most neutral, liquid and efficient electronic marketplace imaginable right on the trader's desktop. Today exchanges like the Chicago Board of Trade and debt issuers like the Federal Home Loan Bank, are partnering with eSpeed and utilizing our private network and patented software to distribute their products or run their own auctions. We're the crossroads of the global financial capital markets. And we've just begun... We occupy the most valuable real estate in the financial marketplace the screen in front of the world's leading financial market traders. Because eSpeed is at the beginning, middle and end of each trade, there is no better location to trade financial products with a more responsive audience. ...

Chief Executive Officer
Howard W. Lutnick
Number of Employees 2,277
Contact Information

www.bgcpartners...

NAICS Code Miscellaneous Financial Investment Activities: 523999

Recent Events

  • Fitch Assigns Initial 'BBB' L-T IDR to BGC Partners; Outlook Stable

    11/04/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • BGC Partners Q3 Profit Declines; Guides Q4

    11/04/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Glance-FTSE sheds 2.3 pct, hits three-week closing low

    10/28/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • BGC Partners to open new office in Moscow

    10/13/09 - Planned Site Openings - View Story

News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Howard W. Lutnick Chief Executive Officer
Shaun D. Lynn President
Frank V Saracino Chief Accounting Officer
Graham Sadler CFO
Jeffrey G Goldflam Chief Financial Officer
Keith E. Reihl COO, North America
Paul Saltzman COO
Roger Campbell Chief Admin Officer, North America
Yevette Tierney CIO
Stephen M. Merkel Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary.
Sean Windeatt Vice President & Executive Managing Director
Tony Verrier General Manager, Europe & Executive Managing Director
Robin Clark Executive Managing Director, Global Interest Rate Products
Catherine P. Koshland Director of Espeed, Inc
Hank Morris Director
Adrian Thomas
James C Johnson
Jay Ryan
Ronald Juvonen

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Barry M. Gosin Member of the Board of Directors
Barry R. Sloane Member of the Board of Directors
John H. Dalton Board of Directors
Kevin Foley Board of Directors
Lee M. Amaitis Vice Chairman

Organization Position Status
Intrepid Museum Foundation, Inc Chairman & CEO, Cantor Fitzgerald L.P., Chairman & CEO, Espeed, Inc. Current
BGC Partners, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Current
Light Fantastic Studios, Inc. Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Current
BGC Partners L.P. Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors Current
US House of Representatives Current
BGC Partners, Inc. Chairman Current
The Rockefeller University Board of Directors Current
Haverford College Board of Directors Current
Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. Chief Executive Officer Former
Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Former
Cantor & Company CEO Former
Emissions Trading Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President Former
Cantor Fitzgerald President Former
Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. Chairman Former
Intrepid Museum Foundation, Inc Board of Directors Former
Haverford College Degree In Economics Former

As President of BGC Partners, Shaun D. Lynn provides leadership to position BGC at the forefront of the global inter-dealer brokerage sector. He is responsible with his management team for the Company’s operations globally and for the direction and development of BGC’s proprietary technology.Mr. Lynn, who sparked the idea of creating BGC as a separate business from Cantor Fitzgerald and became one of BGC’s co-founders in October 2004, has spearheaded the broking operations of the Company globally and has played an integral role in the Company’s significant growth since then, including its 2008 merger with eSpeed, Inc. In addition to his executive responsibility for ensuring that the Company provides services of the highest quality to its customers, Mr. Lynn oversees the Company’s corporate functions including finance, risk management, technology, legal & compliance, human resources, and communications. An experienced and authoritative financial professional, Mr. Lynn promotes BGC's thought leadership as a preeminent global inter-dealer broker to wholesale market participants worldwide. Reflecting BGC's commitment to help people in communities around the world, Mr. Lynn plays a leading role in the Company's annual Charity Day, in which its revenues are donated to dozens of worthy causes worldwide. Prior to his position with BGC, Mr. Lynn previously served as Executive Managing Director of Cantor Fitzgerald International, where he held management positions of increasing responsibility including leading its Eurobond desk after joining that firm in 1989 as a Bund broker. Earlier roles in the capital markets included serving as a UK equity dealer with Paul E Schweder Miller & Co. and as Associate Director in charge of broking at Purcell Graham Incorporated.

Organization Position Status
BGC Partners, Inc. President Current

Mr. Saracino was eSpeed’s Interim Chief Accounting Officer from July 2006 to December 2007 and became Chief Accounting Officer in December 2007. He served as eSpeed’s Vice President and Global Controller from September 2004 to July 2006. Following the merger, Mr. Saracino will become Chief Accounting Officer of the Combined Company. Prior to joining us, from 2003 to 2004, Mr. Saracino served as an independent financial consultant. From 1996 to 2002, Mr. Saracino worked for Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. as an investment banking Vice President focusing on Telecommunications Corporate Finance transactions and as a Vice President and Investment Banking Controller.

Organization Position Status
BGC Partners, Inc. Chief Accounting Officer Current
BGC Partners L.P. Chief Accounting Officer Current
Emissions Trading Interim Chief Accounting Officer Current
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. Investment Banking Vice President Former

Organization Position Status
BGC Partners, Inc. CFO Current

As eSpeed's Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Goldflam has overall responsibility for managing eSpeed's global financial and accounting operations from the company's headquarters in New York. He has over 25 years of financial experience with private and public companies as well as the investment banking community. Mr. Goldflam has served as the CFO for FIMAT, USA, Inc. (formerly Brody White & Co.), a subsidiary of the French financial services firm Societe Generale. From 1979 through 1989, he held several senior positions at Thomson McKinnon Securities including Treasurer and member of its Board of Directors. Prior to that, he worked at the investment banking firm of Goldman Sachs & Co. and the professional services firm of Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co.

Organization Position Status
Light Fantastic Studios, Inc. Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Current
BGC Partners, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Current
Corp USA, Inc. Cfo Former

Keith E. Reihl became Chief Operating Officer in May 2005, following the merger of BGC Partners and Maxcor Financial Group, parent company of Euro Brokers.Mr. Reihl served as Senior Audit Manager at Price Waterhouse LLP before serving as a Chief Financial Officer at Maxcor from 1983 to 1997, when he joined the board of directors at Euro Brokers. He was appointed CFO and Treasurer from August 1997 through November 1998 and Chief Operating Officer from November 2001 prior to the merger. Mr. Reihl is a certified public accountant and received his B.A. degree in accounting from Elizabethtown College in 1974.

Organization Position Status
BGC Partners, Inc. COO, North America Current

Organization Position Status
Emissions Trading Chief Operating Officer Current
BGC Partners L.P. Chief Operating Officer Current
BGC Partners, Inc. COO Current
Ellington Management Group Managing Director and General Counsel Current
Ellington Management Group General Counsel Current
The District of Columbia Bar Board of Directors Current
New York State Bar Association Board of Directors Current
The Bond Market Association Executive Vice President Former
The Bond Market Association Counsel Former
Kidder, Peabody & Co. Counsel Former
Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. Counsel Former
Boston University JD Former
Boston University School of Law Jd Former
Phi Beta Kappa B.A. Former
Clark University BA Former

As Chief Administrative Officer, Mr. Campbell has oversight for day to day operations and back office functions for BGC's business in New York City.Mr. Campbell joined BGC in January 2005, when he managed the merger, integration and re-branding of Maxcor Financial Group and its subsidiary divisions, which more than doubled the size of BGC's business in New York. He is the regulatory principal for all securities and futures products in New York. Mr. Campbell's 25 years’ experience in the inter-dealer fixed income broking market includes management and production. Prior to joining BGC, Mr. Campbell was the General Counsel and Senior Vice President of ICAP from 1989 to 2005. Mr. Campbell’s previous experience was as a Government Bond Broker for Garban from 1983 to 1989. Mr. Campbell holds a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Holy Cross College and a Juris Doctor from New York Law School. Mr. Campbell is a member of the Board of Directors of the Wounded Warrior Project, a charity that seeks to assist those men and women in the armed forces who have been severely injured during the conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and other locations around the world. At BGC Mr. Campbell is responsible for overall planning and coordination of BGC's annual Charity Day in New York, held every year on September 11.

Organization Position Status
BGC Partners, Inc. Chief Admin Officer, North America Current

Yevette Tierney is Chief Information Officer of BGC Partners, Inc. In this role she is responsible for product development and infrastructure management of BGC’s suite of broking technology products and systems.Prior to BGC Ms. Tierney was Chief Information Officer of eSpeed, having joined the company in February 2007. Upon the merger of eSpeed with BGC, in April 2008, she joined the management team of BGC Partners, Inc. Ms. Tierney previously held global product development, infrastructure, client service and operations management positions at Bloomberg, reporting directly to the CEO. She was responsible for software development of systems, applications, and the technology platform of Bloomberg television, radio, and multi-media services. Ms. Tierney received a B. Eng. degree in electrical engineering and a master’s in information systems from Stevens Institute of Technology.

Organization Position Status
BGC Partners, Inc. CIO Current

Stephen Merkel is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of BGC Partners, Inc. He originally joined Cantor Fitzgerald in 1993, overseeing all legal and compliance functions for the firm.Prior to its merger with BGC, Mr. Merkel was also a Director of eSpeed, and before this was the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of eSpeed from June 1999. Prior to joining Cantor Fitzgerald, Mr. Merkel was Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at Goldman Sachs & Co., dedicated to the J. Aron Division. He began his career at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison. Mr. Merkel graduated with a B.A. Magna Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania and received his law degree from the University of Michigan School of Law.

Organization Position Status
BGC Partners, Inc. Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary. Current
Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. Executive Vice President Current
Cantor Fitzgerald International General Counsel, Secretary & Executive Vice President Current
BGC Partners L.P. Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Current
Emissions Trading Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary Current
Light Fantastic Studios, Inc. Current
Medicare Rights Center Board of Directors Current
BGC Partners, Inc. Director Current
Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. Secretary Current
Freedom Board of Directors Current
Goldman, Sachs & Co. Vice President Former
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Vice President Former
Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. Executive Managing Director Former
Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. General Counsel Former
Goldman, Sachs & Co. Assistant General Counsel Former
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison Associate Former
Cantor Fitzgerald Former
Cantor & Company Secretary Former
BGC Partners L.P. Board of Directors Former
The University of Michigan Law School Degree Former

Mr. Windeatt has over a decade of experience in financial markets and has been responsible for business management at BGC since 2001. He began his career in the financial markets at United Assurance which was followed by a move to Cantor Fitzgerald in 1997 where he held various positions in financial management. After the events of 11th September 2001, he was transferred to the front office, reporting to Shaun Lynn and engaging in the process of helping to rebuild the business. More recently, Mr. Windeatt has been a key member of the management team for Europe and Asia in helping to rapidly grow the business organically and through acquisition and now oversees global front office business operations.

Organization Position Status
BGC Partners, Inc. Vice President & Executive Managing Director Current

Tony Verrier joined BGC in 2009. He is responsible for all of BGC's operations in Europe, which includes expanding BGC's exisiting broking business into other product areas.Mr. Verrier's career in the inter-dealer broking market began at M W Marshall in 1987, following seven years as a trader with Lombard North Central. In 1991 he was given responsibility for all Stering products and from 1994 for all currencies, followed by a promotion in 1996 which placed him in charge of the broking floor at M W Marshall. In 1999 Prebon Yamane merged with M W Marshall and Mr. Verrier was appointed as Deputy Chief Executive Officer for Prebon Marshall Yamane’s businesses in EMEA. In 2002 Mr. Verrier assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer for the EMEA region. Following the acquisition of the Prebon Group by Collins-Stewart in October 2004, Mr. Verrier was appointed Chief Executive Officer, EMEA for the inter-dealer businesses of Prebon and Tullett, before being appointed Chief Operating Officer for the global business of Tullett Prebon plc.

Organization Position Status
BGC Partners, Inc. General Manager, Europe & Executive Managing Director Current

He is heavily involved in the expansion of various product areas including interest rate swaps, interest rate options, inflation swaps and cross currency swaps. Mr. Clark joined Harlow Ueda Savage (which became Euro Brokers Ltd) in 1986, where he rose quickly through the ranks to become manager. After a five year spell between 1989 and 1994 at Marshalls where he rose to Director of the interest rate division, Mr. Clark returned to Euro Brokers in 1994 as Managing Director of Euro Brokers Finacor and became CEO of Euro Brokers and a Director of Maxcor, the NASDAQ listed company, taking on responsibility for the running of all operations in Europe and Asia. He also sat on the board for Euro Brokers' parent company, Maxcor Financial. In May 2005, he was instrumental in the successful merger of Euro Brokers into BGC, which created one of the largest and fastest expanding inter-dealer brokers in the world.

Organization Position Status
BGC Partners, Inc. Executive Managing Director, Global Interest Rate Products Current

Dr. Koshland has been a director of our company since November 2007. Dr. Koshland has been the Vice-Provost of Academic Planning and Facilities at the University of California, Berkeley since April 2004, a Professor of Environmental Health Sciences in the School of Public Health and a Professor in the Energy and Resources Group since 1997 and the Wood-Calvert Professor in Engineering since 1995. She joined the Berkeley faculty in 1984. Dr. Koshland served as Chair and Vice-Chair of the Berkeley Division, Academic Senate from 2002 to 2003 and from 2001 to 2002, respectively. From 1994 to 2006, Dr. Koshland was a director of the Combustion Institute. Since 2001, Dr. Koshland has served as a member of the Integrated Human Exposure Committee of the EPA’s Science Advisory Board. From 1998 to 2002, Dr. Koshland served on the California Air Resources Board Research Screening Committee and currently serves as Associate Director of the University of California, Berkeley Superfund Basic Research Program. Dr. Koshland has been a member of the Board of Managers of Haverford College since 1994, serving as Vice-Chair from 1999 to 2005 and Co-Chair since 2005. Dr. Koshland serves on the Board of Directors of the UC Berkeley Faculty Club and the Board of Trustees of the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.

Organization Position Status
BGC Partners, Inc. Director of Espeed, Inc Current
BGC Partners L.P. Board of Directors Current
University of California Board of Directors Current
BGC Partners, Inc. Board of Directors Current
The Combustion Institute Director Former

Organization Position Status
BGC Partners, Inc. Director Current
BGC Partners, Inc. Director Former

Organization Position Status
BGC Partners, Inc. Current

Organization Position Status
BGC Partners, Inc. Current
Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. Former
State University of New York at Albany degree in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics Former

Organization Position Status
BGC Partners, Inc. Current
Cantor & Company Chief Financial Officer Former
Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. Senior Managing Director & CFO Former
Cantor & Company Senior Managing Director Former
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Assistant Controller Former
Arthur Anderson & Co. staff auditor Former
Bryant College Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Former

Organization Position Status
BGC Partners, Inc. Current

Mr. Gosin has been our director since February 2007. Mr. Gosin has been Chief Executive Officer of Newmark Knight Frank, a real estate services firm, since 1979. Mr. Gosin is on the Executive Committee of the Real Estate Board of New York, a member of the Board of the Real Estate Board of New York Board of Governors, a member of the Board of the Partnership of New York City, a Trustee of Pace University, a Trustee of the Citizens Budget Commission, a Trustee of the Parker Jewish Institute, a member of the Board of Directors of Federal Employment and Guidance Services and a member of the Executive Committee of NYC & Co.

Organization Position Status
BGC Partners, Inc. Member of the Board of Directors Current

Mr. Sloane has been a director of our company since September 2006. Mr. Sloane has been Co-President and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Century Bancorp, Inc. since April 2006 and Co-President and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Century Bank since April 2005. From April 2004 to April 2005, Mr. Sloane was Executive Vice President and Co-Chief Operating Officer of Century Bank and its holding company, Century Bancorp, Inc. From October 2001 to March 2004, he was a Managing Director of Steinberg, Priest and Sloane Capital Management, LLC. Mr. Sloane is a Trustee and Chairman of the Investment Committee of the Fisher Center for Alzheimer Research Foundation at the Rockefeller University, a Trustee of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a Trustee of the Savings Bank Employees Retirement Association, a Trustee of the Wheeler School and a member of the Dean’s Council of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Organization Position Status
BGC Partners, Inc. Member of the Board of Directors Current
BGC Partners, Inc. Director of Espeed, Inc. and Co-President & Co-CEO of Century Bank. Former

John H. Dalton has served as a member of our Board of Directors since September 2000. Since 2005, he has been President of the Housing Policy Council of The Financial Services Roundtable. From September 2000 to December 2004, Mr. Dalton served as our President. He was appointed Secretary of the Navy by President Clinton in 1993 and served in that capacity until 1998. Mr. Dalton was nominated by President Carter to be President of the Government National Mortgage Association and to the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, where he served as Chairman. He is a member of the boards of directors of Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. and eSpeed Inc. Mr. Dalton graduated with distinction from the United States Naval Academy and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce of the University of Pennsylvania.

Organization Position Status
IPG Photonics Corporation President Current
The Financial Services Roundtable President Current
Breeze Eastern Current
Northstar Financial Services, Inc Board of Directors Current
Emissions Trading Board of Directors Current
Washingtonfirst Bank Board of Directors Current
Speed Corporation Board of Directors Current
Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. Director Current
BGC Partners, Inc. Board of Directors Current
BGC Partners L.P. Board of Directors Current
IPG Photonics Corporation Board of Directors Current
Washingtonfirst Bank Chairman of the Founders Board, the Financial Services Roundtable Former
The Financial Services Roundtable Director of the Housing Policy Council Former
Breeze-Eastern Corporation Chair of Board Former
Federal Home Loan Bank Chairman Former

Organization Position Status
BGC Partners, Inc. Board of Directors Current
BGC Partners, Inc. President Former
Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. U.S. government bond trader Former
Philadelphia Stock Exchange Inc. Former
Columbia University MBA Former
Haverford College BA Former

Organization Position Status
Cantor Fitzgerald International Chief Executive Officer Current
Bgci Chief Executive Officer Current
BGC Partners L.P. Chairman and CEO Current
Light Fantastic Studios, Inc. Executive Managing Director, Espeed International Limited Current
Cantor Fitzgerald Senior Managing Director Current
BGC Partners L.P. Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director Current
The Shane Warne Foundation Ambassador Current
Darrenodam.Com Current
Bgci Chairman Current
The Boomer Esiason Foundation, Inc Board of Directors Current
BGC Partners, Inc. Co-CEO Former
International Ltd Vice Chairman Current
Cantor Fitzgerald International President Former
BGC Partners, Inc. President Former
BGC Partners L.P. Co-Chief Executive Former
International Ltd Executive Managing Director Former
BGC Partners, Inc. Executive Managing Director Former
Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. Senior Managing Director Former
Cowen & Co. Limited Partner Former
BGC Partners, Inc. When Cantor Fitzgerald Former
Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. senior executive Former
BGC Partners L.P. Vice Chairman Former
BGC Partners, Inc. Board of Directors Former

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BGCP $4.20 -0.13 (-3% )
Volume 106,173
Shares Outstanding 55.4M
Market Cap 232.6M
Year High 5.68
Year Low 1.37
Earnings Per Share 0.23
P/E Ratio 18.26
Dividend 0.30
Yield 7.1429
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