Nationality Italian American | Website Official website | |
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Born July 3, 1976 (age 40) ( 1976-07-03 ) Yonkers, New York Employer Swiss Americas Securities, Ltd Title CEO of Swiss Americas Securities, Ltd Residence Putnam Valley, New York, United States | ||
Guy Gentile (born July 3, 1976) is an American business executive, entrepreneur, and high-frequency trading expert. He is the current CEO of Swiss Americas Securities, Ltd and is best known for founding two prominent high-frequency trading platforms.
Career
In 1999 Gentile founded SpeedTrader, currently owned by Stock USA Investments, Inc, (formerly Speed Trader, Inc,). Then in 2011 Gentile founded SureTrader, a division of Swiss Americas Securities, Ltd. In less than a year in operation, SureTrader reported more than 100,000 equity transactions daily. Its success prompted a major expansion to meet scaling demands, and the firm set out to increase staff by two hundred percent during March 2012. By 2012 both SureTrader and SpeedTrader were ranked among Barron's top online brokers.
In May 2012, as Suretrader reported averaging thirty thousand transactions daily, Gentile then broke ground on Sur CLub, 1.2 million-dollar sushi restaurant offering both a club and dining experience. It received more than 500 advance applications for its opening night..
On March 23, 2016, Gentile was charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission with perpetrating penny stock manipulation schemes; On January 31, 2017, a United States District Court Judge dismissed the charges.