Knight Capital Group

Knight Capital Group is a publicly owned global financial services firm that "provides access to the capital markets across multiple asset classes to a broad network of clients, including buy- and sell- side firms and corporate issuers." The firm was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey. It has four operating segments: Market Making, Institutional Sales and Trading, Electronic Execution Services, and Corporate and Other.

In 2011, Knight Capital Group reported $1,404,500,000 in revenues.

Ties to Pete Peterson's "Fix the Debt"
The Campaign to Fix the Debt is the latest incarnation of a decades-long effort by former Nixon man turned Wall Street billionaire Pete Peterson to slash earned benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare under the guise of fixing the nation's "debt problem." is part of the Campaign to Fix the Debt as of February 2013.

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Board of Directors
As of January 2013
 * Thomas M. Joyce: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
 * Peter J. Hoffman: Senior Managing Director, Institutional Client Development
 * David S. Lehmann: Managing Director, Head of Electronic Execution Services
 * Alan Lhota: Senior Managing Director, Co-Head of Institutional Fixed Income
 * Robert K. Lyons: Senior Managing Director, Co-Head of Institutional Fixed Income
 * Albert C. Maasland: Senior Managing Director, Head of International, Knight Capital Europe Limited
 * Joseph C. Mazzella: Senior Managing Director, Head of Institutional Equities
 * George Sohos: Senior Managing Director, Head of Market Making
 * Robert N. Stein: Senior Managing Director, Head of Global Asset Management
 * Leonard J. Amoruso: "Executive Vice President, General Counsel
 * Bronwen Bastone: Senior Managing Director, Chief Human Resources Officer
 * Steven Bisgay: Executive Vice President, Chief Operation Officer and Chief Financial Officer
 * Martin Brand: Managing Director, Black Stone Group
 * William L. Bolster: Lead Director, Knight Capital Group, Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CNBC International
 * James W. Lewis: Retired Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
 * James T. Milde: President, Summit Advisors
 * Matthew Nimetz: Advisory Director and former Managing Director, General Atlantic
 * Christopher C. Quick: Retired Vice Chairman, Bank of America, Global Wealth and Investment Division
 * Daniel F. Schmitt: Retired Partner, KPMG
 * Laurie M. Shahon: President and Founder, Wilton Capital Group
 * Fred J. Tomczyk: President and Chief Executive Officer, TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation

Contact Information
Corporate Headquarters 545 Washington Boulevard Jersey City, New Jersey 07310

Phone: 201.222.9400

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