Seth Merrin

Overview

Seth Merrin is an entrepreneur, global business leader and philanthropist who has reinvented how Wall Street can work for good and use technology to make the markets safer and more efficient for investors. In 2011, Seth was recognized as the “Innovator of the Decade” by Advanced Trading magazine, an honor he has received two decades in a row, and was included in Treasury & Risk Magazine’s “2011 100 Most Influential People in Finance” list. Seth has also been ranked in Institutional Investor Magazine’s “Tech 50,“ as one of the executives who “gain a competitive edge by catching the next wave of disruptive innovation” and has been named as Ernst & Young's “Entrepreneur of the Year Metro New York in Financial Services.” As founder and CEO of Liquidnet Holdings, Seth’s vision to build the world's global institutional trading network that connects the world’s leading asset managers with the liquidity they need to trade large blocks of stock securely and efficiently has become a reality. He has built a truly global company, with equities trading extending to more than 750 blue chip asset management firms in 42 equity markets across five continents. Liquidnet continues to be recognized for the value it delivers to its Members - best execution, superior liquidity, and protection for their large orders - with dozens of accolades and awards including being named the #1 broker in the world in 2011 and 2012 by Abel Noser Solutions.