Markets Media Group’s second-annual Global Markets Choice Awards will be held Thursday, June 4, 2026 at the Central Park Boathouse in New York.
The Markets Choice Awards launched in 2013 as an event to recognize and celebrate the best of the best in capital markets trading and technology. The Markets Choice Awards was rebranded to the Global Markets Choice Awards in 2025 to more closely align with the globalization of markets.
Ahead of this year’s GMCAs, we are featuring retrospectives of select past award winners.
Duncan L. Niederauer won Lifetime Achievement at the 2015 Markets Choice Awards.
At the time Duncan had recently stepped down from a seven-year tenure as CEO of the New York Stock Exchange. Previously he spent 22 years at Goldman Sachs, where he was Partner.
Duncan gave one of the more memorable acceptance speeches in MCAs history, covering his career highlights as well as the personal story of his family’s autism advocacy journey.
He was very deserving of the Lifetime Achievement award but if anything we were a tad premature in recognizing him, as he has continued to be active in the industry with leadership positions in venture capital and wealth management.
Duncan Niederauer making acceptance remarks at the 2015 Markets Choice Awards.
Duncan Niederauer with his daughter Amanda at the 2015 Markets Choice Awards.
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