Sunil Hirani

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Sunil G. Hirani

Founder & CEO trueEX Group LLC
Born Sunil G. Hirani
1966
India
Residence Greenwich, CT, U.S.
Nationality Indian-American
Alma mater Washington University
Kellogg Graduate School of Management
Occupation

Founder & CEO of trueEX Group LLC

Known for Co-founder & CEO of Creditex Group, Inc.
Co-founder of T-Zero Inc.
Spouse(s) Blanca Hirani (m. 1994)
Children Camila Hirani
Maya Hirani
Sameer Hirani
Lola Hirani
Website
www.trueex.com

Sunil Hirani is an American businessman and entrepreneur who is CEO of trueEX Group LLC, the first CFTC regulated designated contract market (DCM) for interest rate swaps (IRS).

Early life

Hirani was born in India in 1966 and moved to the United States with his parents when he was 10. He went to the High School for Engineering Professions (HSEP) in Houston, Texas. He subsequently went to Washington University in St. Louis where he received his Bachelor of Science degree. He received his MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.

Career

After graduation from Washington University (St. Louis), Hirani worked at SAIC and Lockheed on the Space Station program. After graduation from Northwestern, Hirani worked at Bankers Trust in the interest rate swaps group and subsequently at Deutsche Bank in the swaps and derivatives group. He subsequently co-founded and was CEO of Creditex Group Inc., an execution platform for credit default swaps (CDS) in 1999. Creditex was on the Deloitte New York Technology Fast 50 list in 2005 as Deloitte reported Creditex revenue growth of 779% from 2001 to 2005. Hirani also created Delta Neutral Auctions, Credit Event Fixings and T-Zero Inc. a trade processing platform for the credit derivatives industry which were sold with Creditex to Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) (NYSE:ICE) in 2008 for $625 million. Crain’s New York Business named Hirani to the “40 under 40” list in 2006. One year later, he was named a recipient of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Financial Services. Kellogg also awarded Hirani with the Master Entrepreneur of the Year in 2009. Hirani also created LoanX Inc. in 2002 which was sold to Markit Group in 2004. Hirani is also the founding investor in SeatGeek, the largest online search engine for sports, concert and theater tickets.

Philanthropy

Hirani is a founding member of the Economic Club of New York Centennial Society. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the World Lung Foundation ; the Investment Committee of the NYC Seed which funds seed stage technology ; the Traditional Arts Collection Committee of the Asia Society Museum of New York as well as the National Council at Washington University (St. Louis) School of Engineering National Council.

Personal

Hirani married Blanca in 1994. The have three children- Camila, Maya, and Sameer – and live in Greenwich, CT U.S. with their dog Lola.

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