Jon Najarian is a professional investor, noted media analyst and speaker, and co-founder of optionMonster.com, a provider of market intelligence, and tradeMonster.com, an online brokerage. Following a stint as a Chicago Bears linebacker, Najarian launched his financial career at the Chicago Board Options Exchange in 1981, trading in the pits for some 25 years. In 1989 he founded Mercury Trading, running the company until 2004, when he sold his floor-trading operations to Citadel, one of the world's largest hedge funds. More recently, he has developed and patented trading applications to identify unusual trading activity, most notably the Heat Seeker program, which uncovers extraordinary buying patterns from among the 1 million or more quotes per second that stream from America's stock, options and futures exchanges. His research and analysis are widely cited by leading financial media, including The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Reuters, Bloomberg, Dow Jones, CBS Radio and CNBC. Najarian is a CNBC contributor and hosts "Stox & Jocks" on FoxSportsRadio and XM 142.
Global Conference 2013
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, philanthropist Bill Gates and Strive Masiyiwa of Econet Wireless discuss advancing prosperity in Africa.
