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Thinkorswim, Inc. was founded in 1999 by Tom Sosnoff and Scott Sheridan as an online brokerage specializing in options. [2] It was funded by Technology Crossover Ventures. [3] In February 2007, Investools acquired Thinkorswim. [4] In January 2009, it was acquired by TD Ameritrade in a cash and stock deal valued around $606 million.
Tom Sosnoff (born March 6, 1957) is an entrepreneur, options trader, co-founder of Thinkorswim [1] and tastytrade, and founder of Dough, Inc. He was senior vice president of trading and strategic initiatives at TD Ameritrade.
Sosnoff, who spent 10 years as an options-market maker at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, created Thinkorswim in 1999 and sold it this year to TD Ameritrade for more than $600 million. Now ...
In January 2009, TD Ameritrade acquired thinkorswim in a cash and stock deal valued around $606 million. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In 2013, the company opened a $250 million headquarters in Omaha. [ 9 ] In 2017, the company acquired the stock brokerage division of Scottrade .
Timothy Sykes is a penny stock trader and blogger [1] [2] who self-reported trading profits of $1.65 million from a $12,415 Bar mitzvah gift through day trading while in college.
Evan Clark "Ev" Williams (born March 31, 1972) is an American billionaire technology entrepreneur. [1] He is a co-founder of Twitter, and was its CEO from 2008 to 2010, and a member of its board from 2007 to 2019. [2]
Palmer Freeman Luckey (born September 19, 1992 [2]) is an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of Oculus VR and designer of the Oculus Rift, a virtual reality head-mounted display that is widely credited with reviving the virtual reality industry.
Altman was born on April 22, 1985, in Chicago, Illinois, [8] [9] into a Jewish family, [10] and grew up in St. Louis, Missouri.His mother is a dermatologist, and his father was a real estate broker.