Richard M. McVey founded MarketAxess in April 2000 and has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since. Under his leadership, MarketAxess has emerged as the leading electronic trading platform for global credit products, creating an efficient and competitive marketplace for over 1,200 global institutional investor and broker-dealer firms.ABOUT MARKETAXESSMarketAxess has introduced multiple innovations in trading technology to increase the transparency and liquidity of global credit markets. The company has developed a range of new and innovative trading tools to connect bond buyers and sellers, including investor-to-multi-dealer and all-to-all electronic trading solutions. MarketAxess has been awarded 13 patents for trading technology. MarketAxess brings over a decade of unparalleled trading, market data and technology innovation, shaping the future of the credit markets.MORE ABOUT RICHARD MCVEYMr. McVey began his career in the futures industry and joined J.P. Morgan & Co. in 1992. From 1992 to 1996, Mr. McVey was managing director and head of J.P. Morgan's North American futures and options business, and in 1996, was chosen to be J.P. Morgan's head of North American fixed income sales and investor client relations. Mr. McVey previously served on the board of directors of Blue Mountain Credit Alternatives L.P. and now serves on the board of directors for the Miami University Foundation and the Colby College Board of Trustees.In 2012 Mr. McVey was Ernst & Young's "National Entrepreneur Of The Year" for financial services and has also been named to Institutional Investor's "Tech 50" nine times.Mr. McVey received a B.A. in Finance from Miami (Ohio) University and an M.B.A. from Indiana University.