Stuart Clark, Interactive Data Corporation
Stuart J. Clark served as Interactive Data's president and chief executive officer and a member of the Company's Board of Directors from February 2000-March 2009, and was employed by Interactive Data and its predecessor companies, in the U.S. and in Europe, since 1968.

Under Clark's leadership, Interactive Data expanded its offerings through both internal innovation and strategic acquisitions to establish itself as one of the industry's largest providers of financial market data, sophisticated analytics and related solutions that can meet an expansive range of customer needs across the global financial industry.  Many of the world's best-known financial service and software companies subscribe to the Company's services in support of their trading, analysis, portfolio management and valuation activities.

Since 2000 when Interactive Data became publicly traded, the Company’s revenue, net income and net cash provided by operating activities have grown steadily every year — with annual revenue increasing from $314.1 million in 2000 to $750.5 million in 2008.  Interactive Data now has approximately 2,400 employees in offices located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

Prior to his appointment as CEO, Clark served as president of Interactive Data Corporation - as it existed before its merger with Data Broadcasting Corporation - since 1995. From 1993 to 1995, Clark was a director of UK-based Financial Times Information, with specific responsibility for the Market Data division. Prior to 1993, Clark led the Market Data division of Extel Financial Limited, which was acquired by Pearson plc's Financial Times Group during that year. He began his career as a researcher at Extel in 1968, progressing through a number of positions of increasing responsibility.

Clark has dedicated over 40 years of work to Interactive Data and the market data industry.  He has successfully transformed the business into a top-tier market data vendor that is now known as a trusted leader in financial information.

Joseph Kasputys, Founder & Chairman IHS Global Insight (Complete Biography)
Dr. Kasputys formed Global Insight, Inc. in March 2001 to join together the world's premier economic and financial analysis and forecasting firms: Data Resources DRI and WEFA (formerly Wharton Economic Forecasting Associates), along with Global InTech, a software company specializing in time-series data management and interests in Decision Economics, headed by noted economist Dr. Allen Sinai. Dr. Kasputys was with Primark Corporation from 1987 to 2000, where he served as chairman, president, and CEO while successfully transforming Primark from a major utility holding company into a leading financial information and information technology firm. While at Primark, he acquired EFA, co-founded Primark Decision Economics and founded Global InTech. He sold Primark to Thomson in September 2000, and briefly served as chairman of Thomson Financial during an integration period. Coinciding with his role as CEO of Primark, Dr. Kasputys served as president and CEO of TASC (The Analytic Sciences Corporation), an information technology firm and a subsidiary of Primark. He also served as managing director of Datastream, an international financial information company with headquarters in London, also a subsidiary of Primark. Prior, Dr. Kasputys served as EVP of McGraw-Hill responsible for business development and as Chief Economist responsible for coordinating the economic work of all of its businesses. Dr. Kasputys joined DRI in 1977 and became its COO. DRI pioneered in developing large econometric models and forecasts for many countries and industries. After the sale of DRI to McGraw-Hill, Dr. Kasputys became DRI's president and CEO. From 1972 to 1977, Dr. Kasputys was with the U.S. Department of Commerce, first as Assistant Administrator of the U.S. Maritime Administration and then received a presidential appointment as Assistant Secretary of Commerce. During this period, he helped to found the U.S. Department of Energy.

Eugen Niesper, SIX Telekurs
As the helmsman of SIX Telekurs for more than a decade, Eugen Niesper was instrumental in grooming the company to become a globally ranked player in the fiercely competitive financial information business. Eugen began his career at SIX Telekurs as the head of sales and marketing for Switzerland, and quickly advanced to head of foreign subsidiaries. In that role, Eugen led the team that realized the company's vision of "global view/local presence" by establishing a network of subsidiaries around the world. These offices are the local point of presence in each region, and were created so that all of SIX Telekurs' activities in a region - from data gathering to customer service - can be delivered according to exacting standards of excellence and quality. It was during this period that SIX Telekurs established subsidiaries and offices in Germany, France, the UK, the Netherlands, the USA, Japan and Singapore. Less than a decade after joining SIX Telekurs, Eugen was elevated to Chief Executive officer and member of the holding company's executive committee, while still maintaining direct responsibility for international growth (i.e. outside Switzerland). While SIX Telekurs historically focused on organic growth, Eugen managed several strategic acquisitions on behalf of the company. The most significant of these were taking a majority share in Rolotec AG in 1998 and then acquisition of the financial information business of Fininfo SA in France in 2007, thereby creating the third largest data vendor in Europe. During Eugen's tenure as CEO, he also spearheaded several product transformations, most visibly the Valordata Feed, which remains a uniquely structured and fully codified reference/descriptive data service for global securities and Telekurs iD, which replaced several disparate and regionally-deployed desktop applications with a flexible and progressive architecture and interface.Under Eugen's stewardship, SIX Telekurs stayed loyal to its twin goals of high quality data services and world-class customer service, and grew from a primarily Swiss firm to the truly international one it has become today - one that serves more customers, employs more staff and generates more revenue outside of the home markets than within. At the top of his game, Eugen retired in 2007, and now enjoys numerous activities including diving, motorcycle touring, skiing, golf and international travel.