John F. Sandner

Who is John F. Sandner?

John F. Sandner, commonly known as Jack Sandner, is a former longtime chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange now the CME Group.

During the 1980s and 1990s Jack served as Chairman of the Board of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the longest serving elected exchange Chairman in the history of the futures industry, Upon his retirement as Chairman, Jack was elected Special Policy Advisor to the CME Board of Directors in January 1998 and is a member of the Executive Committee. He also served as Chairman of the CME Foundation. Under his leadership, the CME embarked on many groundbreaking initiatives creating innovative global products, seamless technology for global distribution and a new business paradigm for the 21st century. The CME became the global financial services innovator and industry pacesetter for the 1980s and 1990s, establishing an unparalleled track record of bringing products and services to market. He was a member of the team that took the CME public on December 6, 2002; the first exchange in the United States to be publicly traded, and played a significant role in the acquisitions of the Chicago Board of Trade and the New York Mercantile Exchange.