{"id":56939,"date":"2026-03-15T15:30:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T19:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?p=56939"},"modified":"2026-03-12T16:40:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:40:56","slug":"tdi-podcast-thomas-peterffy-unfiltered-964","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/15\/tdi-podcast-thomas-peterffy-unfiltered-964\/","title":{"rendered":"TDI Podcast: Thomas Peterffy Unfiltered (#964)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oil’s Big move \u2013 one for the record books.<\/p>\n

Markets in a slight panic \u2013 not too worse for ware.<\/p>\n

Inflation numbers are out \u2013 but does anyone care?<\/p>\n

And our special guest is Thomas Peterffy \u2013 Chairman and Founder of Interactive Brokers.<\/p>\n

\"TDI<\/a>NEW!<\/em> <\/strong><\/span>DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE\u2019S AI GENERATED SHOW NOTES (Guest Segment)<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Thomas Peterffy is the\u00a0Chairman\u00a0and Founder of Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. a global electronic brokerage firm. He has been at the forefront of applying computer technology to automate trading and brokerage processes since soon after he emigrated from Hungary to the United States in 1965.<\/p>\n

In 1977, Peterffy started his own business with $200,000 savings, writing programs and building systems to value and trade stocks and options, as a market-maker on the American Stock Exchange. He was the first to build mathematical models to calculate and\u00a0disseminate\u00a0continuous bid and offer quotations and to develop a tablet computer for use by his employees trading on exchange floors. By the late 80s, Peterffy developed a fully integrated, automated market-making system for stocks, options, and futures, that grew into a digital network encompassing most of the world\u2019s exchanges. Starting in 1993, brokerage interfaces and customers were added to this network that continues to expand in products and customers all over the world.<\/p>\n

Today, Interactive Brokers is one of the largest publicly traded electronic brokers\u00a0with a market capitalization of over\u00a0$100 billion.\u00a0The firm provides direct access\u00a0to\u00a0trade\u00a0executions, clearing, and custodial services for a wide variety of products, including stocks, options, futures, forex, bonds, CFDs, and funds\u00a0on\u00a0over 170 markets\u00a0and in\u00a0up to 29\u00a0currencies around the world.<\/p>\n

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Check this out and find out more at: http:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/<\/a><\/strong>\"Interactive<\/a><\/p>\n

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