80/100BCboe Global Markets company profile
- CEO
- Craig Steven Donohue
- Employees
- 1,661
- Headquarters
- 433 West Van Buren Street, Chicago, IL 60607, US
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Financial - Data & Stock Exchanges
- IPO date
- 15 Jun 2010
- Stock exchange
- CBOE
- ISIN
- US12503M1080
Website:cboe.com
About the company
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. functions as a global operator of various financial exchanges, primarily renowned for its options trading platforms, all managed through its numerous subsidiaries. The company organizes its expansive business activities into five distinct segments. The Options segment specializes in the trading of listed market indices. Its North American Equities division facilitates transactions for listed stocks in the United States and Canada, also offering services for exchange-traded products (ETPs), encompassing both trading and listing. The Futures segment is dedicated to futures trading. The Europe and Asia Pacific division delivers a broad range of services, including transactions for pan-European listed equities and derivatives, ETPs, exchange-traded commodities, and international depository receipts, along with ETP listing and clearing provisions. Finally, the Global FX segment serves institutional foreign exchange trading and non-deliverable forward FX transactions. Cboe Global Markets has established important strategic partnerships with key players such as S&P Dow Jones Indices, LLC; FTSE International Limited; Frank Russell Company; MSCI Inc.; and DJI Opco, LLC. The company, which originated in Chicago, Illinois, in 1973, previously operated as CBOE Holdings, Inc. until its rebranding in October 2017.
Employees
Cboe Global Markets had about 1,661 employees at the end of fiscal year 2025 (31 December 2025), by its annual report. That is 1.4% fewer than a year before.
Employees at each fiscal year end, as the company reports them in its annual report (10-K); revenue and net income per employee are the fiscal year's over that count.
Who owns Cboe Global Markets
Institutions such as funds, banks and insurers held 89.2% of Cboe Global Markets's shares on 30 June 2026, 1,039 of them reporting holdings to the SEC; the rest is held by individual investors and other shareholders.
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
How Cboe Global Markets pays its executives
The chief executive was paid 18.35M USD for fiscal 2025, 80% of it in shares and options.
| Name and position | Salary | Stock awards | Cash incentive | Other pay | Total pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig S. Donohue Chief Executive Officer and President | 846.97K USD | 14.74M USD | 2.55M USD | 203.80K USD | 18.35M USD |
| Fredric J. Tomczyk Former Chief Executive Officer | 500.00K USD | 9.35M USD | 1.51M USD | 302.45K USD | 11.67M USD |
| David Howson Former Executive Vice President, Global President | 366.95K USD | 5.50M USD | — | 155.84K USD | 6.02M USD |
| Christopher A. Isaacson Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer | 650.00K USD | 2.66M USD | 1.80M USD | 170.10K USD | 5.28M USD |
| Jill M. Griebenow Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer | 500.00K USD | 2.65M USD | 1.20M USD | 116.78K USD | 4.47M USD |
| Catherine R. Clay Former Executive Vice President, Head of Global Derivatives | 395.83K USD | 2.54M USD | — | 106.87K USD | 3.04M USD |
| Patrick Sexton Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | 450.00K USD | 1.40M USD | 999.00K USD | 82.92K USD | 2.93M USD |
| Timothy Lipscomb Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer | 456.58K USD | 794.33K USD | 823.97K USD | 95.31K USD | 2.17M USD |
FY2025 · From the company's proxy statements to the SEC: what each named executive was paid for the fiscal year, shares and options at their value when granted. The latest filing
Common questions about Cboe Global Markets
Source: Financial Modeling Prep