Inside the ICE House

This show was first released on KindredCast’s own feed, but, thanks to our friends at KindredMedia, we’re re-releasing it to share with our listeners. As part of a special two-episode arc, LionTree CEO Aryeh Bourkoff interviewed our own Stacey Cunningham. You’ve heard her on our show before, but never quite like this, now nearly two years on the job. Tune in next week as we turn the microphones around and have Aryeh as our guest. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

About 30% of natural gas in the U.S. passes through pipelines owned by Williams, which is undergoing a transformation under President & CEO Alan Armstrong, who was appointed to the top job in 2011. Alan was a recent guest of Betty Liu on Slice, part of ICE’s Insights Platform, where she he talked to him about the role of technology in the energy sector and what it takes to lead an evolving company. Their conversation was condensed for the Slice broadcast. Here’s their full uncut conversation. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

As co-CEO of TPG Capital, Jon Winkelried oversees a sprawling portfolio and $119 billion under management, with operational teams spread across 17 offices around the world. He found himself at the NYSE recently, in conversation with Christina Minnis, Global Head of Acquisition for Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), the firm Winkelried left in 2009 as co-president. They talk at the NYSE Board Advisory Council Networking Summit about what it takes to serve on a board and why TPG, which has taken stakes in more than 400 companies, ties its comp directly to improving diversity. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

By the time you hear this episode, you may have already abandoned your New Year’s Resolutions. That’s okay with Planet Fitness (NYSE: PLNT), whose doors are always open to everyone. Chris Rondeau, the company’s CEO, gave us a training session on why the Planet’s inclusive culture & franchise model is his secret sauce. And he would know. He started with the company at the front desk of its very 1st location & was on the Bell Podium this January, now as its CEO to celebrate the opening of the 2,000th Planet. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

The Coca-Cola Company’s Chairman & CEO James Quincey sat down with ICE Director Duriya Farooqui at the Second NYSE Board Advisory Council Networking Summit to offer his perspective on increasing diversity in business, the role of companies in solving the problems facing humanity, and who a CEO actually answers to. Recorded on the 100th Anniversary of Coca-Cola’s Listing on the NYSE, James shares how the Atlanta based global company continues to build on the values that the company was founded on. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Since Petrobras CEO Roberto Branco took the helm of the Brazilian energy giant a year ago, the legendary executive has embarked on a digital transformation of the company with over 63,000 employees. Mr. Branco traveled north to the New York Stock Exchange to roll out the company’s ambitious five year plan with a focus on returning shareholder value by deleveraging the balance sheet and shepherding Brazil’s natural resources, including the country’s unique pre-salt petroleum. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Recorded live at the Fourth Annual NYSE Spotlight on Energy event, ICE’s Co-head of Government Affairs, Hope Jarkowski, and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman, Neil Chatterjee, explore the U.S. energy markets regulatory ecosystem and the future of energy infrastructure. The NYSE is the home of over 90% of the qualified publically traded utilities and pipeline companies in the U.S. Many firms also use the many other markets of Intercontinental Exchange to trade and hedge their energy needs. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Representation among women and minorities on corporate boards is ticking up, but more work lies ahead as investors and other stakeholders demand more diversity. Data show that more diversity can drive better results, and the NYSE Board Advisory Council was launched to champion qualified candidates nominated by leaders of listed companies. ICE Board Members Sharon Bowen and Duriya Farooqui, along with NYSE Vice Chair Betty Liu, are Co-Chairs of the Council and convened inside the ICE House to chart a path toward greater equality in the board room and how the Council can help. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

The listing of SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE ARCA: GLD) transformed gold investing from requiring a scale and vault to simply buying a share of an ETF on the NYSE. On the 15th Anniversary of GLD, Chief Gold Strategist at State Street Global Advisors, George Milling-Stanley, and World Gold Council’s Head of US, Joe Cavatoni, teamed up to share their collective experience in the gold market, from traveling to the bottom of the deepest mines to bringing innovative investment tools to market. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Greg Zuckerman, a twenty-three-year veteran of the Wall Street Journal, has had a front row seat to some of the biggest financial successes and shakeups over two decades. His latest book, The Man Who Solved the Market, might be his biggest scoop yet: going deep inside the super-secretive hedge fund Renaissance Technologies and tapping into the mind of its reclusive founder, celebrated geometer Jim Simons, the man who used math to become the most successful master of the markets in history. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Steve Sachs, Head of Capital Markets for Goldman Sachs Group's Exchange Traded Funds business, wants investors to leverage innovation to invest in innovation. Goldman Sachs Asset Management partnered with Motif to launch a suite of ETFs that helps investors capitalize on the future of technology, from the consumer space, to healthcare, to the blockchain. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

A special episode recorded live, hours after rolling out the new exchange ICE Futures Abu Dhabi at the 2019 Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference. Jeff Sprecher, Chairman and CEO of Intercontinental Exchange, sat down with Helima Croft of RBC Capital Markets for Jeff’s take on the announcement and what it means for the region and global energy markets. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Bobbi Brown, world renowned makeup artist, best-selling author, speaker, and serial entrepreneur, sat down with ICE’s Theresa DeLuca to share her advice and lessons on launching a career by disrupting the beauty industry to founding justBobbi.com and a boutique hotel. Since leaving Estee Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) in 2016, Bobbi has launched the next phase of her career but, throughout each chapter, one simple piece of advice remains constant: be nice to people. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Beyond being, arguably, the most iconic and celebrated fashion designer in America, Ralph Lauren’s name adorns a New York Stock Exchange-listed company (NYSE: RL) with a market cap of over $8 billion. Telling his story, after 50 years in business, falls to the expert eye and cinematic mind of Susan Lacy, Director and Producer of the new documentary “Very Ralph” from HBO (NYSE: T). In our conversation, Susan reveals her passion for storytelling contained in this compelling chronicle of the American Dream. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

We’re proud to bring you a recent conversation between Kevin McPartland of Greenwich Associates and our own Ben Jackson, President of Intercontinental Exchange. Their talk was part of Greenwich Associates’ “Behind the Market Structure” series in which they cover a range of issues in the trading space, including the launch of ICE’s new ETF Hub, which will bring more efficiency and standardization to the ETF primary market, as well as where ICE sees the mortgage space heading following ICE’s acquisitions of MERS and Simplifile. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Jim Snee, CEO of Hormel Foods Corporation, takes us on a “Food Journey” to hear how the evolving company stays true to its principles of supporting its people, giving back to its community, and always focusing on the food. Along the way, we learn how Hormel Foods has expanded its menu through strategic acquisitions and product innovations to delight consumers ranging from the “plant curious” to the “SPAM zealots.” Our show even features an in-studio taste test of Skippy’s P.B. & Jelly Minis, if you can allow your imagination to wander that far. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

We often say that the NYSE is one of the four iconic American buildings, along with the White House, the U.S. Capitol, and the Supreme Court. You could add the Metropolitan Museum of Art to that list. As the host of nearly seven million visitors a year, the building’s magic rubbed off on Christine Coulson, who spent more than twenty-five years working within its walls. She now shares what really happens when the visitors leave and the art comes alive in her new book, Metropolitan Stories. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Serving as Ambassador to Germany from 2013-2017, John B. Emerson had a front row seat to the interplay between career and politically appointed State Department officials. Following his service, Emerson returned to Capital Group International, where how now serves as Vice Chairman. In our conversation, he guides listeners through how he prepared for his post, finding himself as “Our Man in Berlin” during an international crisis, and hosting the cast of Showtime’s HOMELAND (NYSE: CBS). Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Ben Mezrich’s newest blockbuster -- Bitcoin Billionaires: A True Story of Genius, Betrayal, and Redemption -- unfolds like a sequel to where The Social Network, based on his Accidental Billionaires, left off. This time, twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss segue from villains to protagonists as they’re introduced to cryptocurrencies and row along with digital assets as they flow from the dark web to the mainstream, becoming the first “Bitcoin Billionaires” along the way. In laying out the second act of Winklevii, Mezrich also delivers a Bitcoin primer for the common man, ripe for the silver screen. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Jeffrey Solomon has learned a thing or two about teamwork and giving back, in part by growing up in Pittsburgh watching the likes of Franco Harris and Roberto Clemente on the field and off. Now, at the helm of investment bank and financial services company Cowen Inc., he’s sharing his expertise in his side gig as Vice Chairman of the SEC’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Entrepreneurs Gabe Otte and Riley Ennis hatched Freenome in 2014 to use genomics and machine learning to revolutionize how cancer is diagnosed and treated. He steps Inside the ICE House to share the science behind stopping cancer and how Freenome’s platform allows care to commence when the disease is significantly more curable. The result is a cancer diagnosis, and targeted treatment, that is minimally disruptive to the quality of life and long-term outlook of the patient. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Martha Miller’s job supporting the businesses that create two-thirds of the jobs in the United States is as large as her title: the Securities & Exchange Commission’s Director of the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation. Martha, the first to ever hold that job, has spent this year building her team while visiting small businesses around the country to understand how the government can better support them through more innovative and more accessible ways to raise capital. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

With the 2020 presidential campaign in full gear, we sat down with 60 Minutes Correspondent John Dickerson to explore how the job of President of the United States has changed since George Washington took the Oath of Office next door to the New York Stock Exchange on April 30, 1789. Spoiler alert: the job hasn’t become tougher; it’s now damn near impossible. The conversation, recorded at the NYSE’s 2019 IR Summit, previewed Dickerson’s forthcoming book, The Hardest Job in the World: The Evolution of the American Presidency. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Peter Scher, Head of Corporate Responsibility and Chairman of the Mid-Atlantic Region at JP Morgan Chase & Co., (NYSE: JPM), is leading the charge to drive inclusive, economic growth in cities at home and abroad. After a career in public service, Scher joined JPM in the midst of the financial crisis, and explains why skills training, community building, and investing in people are part of doing the right thing. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

“Environment, Social, and Governance,” or ESG, investing is gaining traction, with one of every four dollars in professionally managed portfolios in the U.S. now engaged in an ESG strategy. As companies evolve how they are approaching these issues, it’s critical to understand the investor perspective. Brian Matt, Director of Research and Analysis at IHS Markit, joined ICE’s Brookly McLaughlin to explore how ESG’s growth and evolution impacts both corporations and investors. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) is the content king, even at its farthest reaches, which might be its acclaimed audio documentaries from ESPN’s 30-for-30 Podcasts. Jody Avirgan has led and produced all of the show’s five seasons, coming to the Worldwide Leader in Sports from a background in filmmaking, journalism, and politics. Traveling afield from sports, he shares the process behind creating The Sterling Affairs and how ESPN is continuing to innovate podcasting. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Information Security is at the forefront of global business, especially those tasked with maintaining the smooth functioning of regulated markets. At Intercontinental Exchange, Chief Information Security Officer Jerry Perullo is constantly on guard against external threats. Perullo explains how -- with the help of a red team, blue team, and a Kraken -- ICE secures critical economic infrastructure across multiple subsidiaries and geographies. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Dan Rosensweig’s early days in in the workforce taught him the fundamental skills of cold-calling, building connections and putting in the hard work needed to succeed. On our show, Dan explains how he uses those same skills in his role as CEO of Chegg, where’s he’s helping create the future of education technology and fighting to make education more accessible for everyone. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Stephen Schwarzman co-founded The Blackstone Group in 1985 with just $400,000 in seed capital, split between him and Pete Peterson. That got them business cards and an empty office on Park Ave. Raising the next billion would be the hardest, a path paved by rejection, even by their best friends. Blackstone’s eventual rise, becoming the largest alternative investment firm in the world, with $545 billion of AUM and a market cap north of $60 billion, is the embodiment of the American dream. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Doug Foley, leader of human resources and administration at Intercontinental Exchange, has helped to evolve a global workforce that has grown seven-fold through acquisitions and organic growth during his 11 years with the company. Like the head of player personnel for a major sports team, one secret to his success is by serving as the company connector and leveraging a variety of technology tools to support a healthy, productive, champion team. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Hours after extending the contract of running back Ezekiel Elliot to record deal, and minutes after ringing the NYSE Opening Bell, Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones settled in for a visit Inside the ICE House to preview the Centennial NFL Season and share his secrets of betting against “conventional wisdom.” Jerry’s $90 million investment in Zeke pales in comparison to the $1.6 billion he put up to acquire much of the natural gas production in the Haynesville basin in Northern Louisiana and East Texas. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

David Faber, co-anchor, along with Jim Cramer and Carl Quintanilla, of CNBC’s Squawk on the Street, has spent over a quarter century breaking the biggest business blockbusters on Wall Street. From a humble start sparring with self-doubt, Faber has become the chronicler who dives deep into companies and their stories, from Bernie Ebbers downfall at WorldCom to Rupert Murdoch’s $71 billion sale of the century of 21st Century Fox to Disney. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

David Hornik, General Partner at August Capital, one of the world’s top VC firms, has constructed a storied career -- and an amazing track record of investments -- out of being curious. It started with a love of music, with a detour through the intricacies of law and criminology, and has helped build him into one of the most successful VC investors in Silicon Valley. Hornik’s annual Lobby Conference, held each October, has become the premier gathering for the curious minds of the digital media ecosystem. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Stuart Frankel, Chairman & Co-Founder of Stuart Frankel & Co., made a promise to his father to read the Wall Street Journal every day, teaching himself the ins & outs of the market. Seeing an inefficiency he could exploit, he launched his renowned firm, now run by his sons Andrew and Jeffrey, with a focus on customer service & connecting clients to the NYSE Trading Floor. The Frankels look back at the firm’s 45-year history, & look ahead to welcoming the next generation of Frankel’s to the family business. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Trabue Bland, President of ICE Futures U.S., offers a masterclass on the rapidly changing energy and environmental markets, the current landscape of agricultural commodities, and why sometimes you need to summit a mountain more than once. With his roots in Natchez, Mississippi, Trabue’s career has crisscrossed the north and south as he helped build and lead ICE’s offerings of a wide range of futures contracts, including coffee, cotton, cocoa, natural gas & power, equity indexes and FX. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Alan Masarek thinks the world is on the precipice of a communication explosion that will forever change how consumers and businesses interact. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

The rapid ascent of Uber (NYSE: UBER) from nascent idea to a global brand for ridesharing, food delivery, and scooter-sharing, among much more, brought legal challenges that peaked in 2017. That’s when CEO Dara Khosrowshahi lured Tony West from PepsiCo to lead the company’s legal department for the stretch drive toward Uber’s May 2019 IPO. With that chapter done, Tony discusses Uber’s future, which won’t remain earthbound for long, and how his career in politics and government has prepared him for what comes next. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce wants a safe harbor for crypto entrepreneurs. She spoke with ICE’s Brookly McLaughlin at Bakkt’s Digital Asset Conference about where Bitcoin and other digital assets fit in the Commission’s mission to foster prosperity and innovation within the confines of regulated markets. The episode kicks off with an update from Bakkt’s CEO Kelly Loeffler on the company’s mission to provide trusted and regulated infrastructure for institutional investors to broadly enter the crypto space. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Scott Goodson, founder and CEO of StrawberryFrog, is the author of Uprising: How to Build a Brand and Change the World by Sparking Cultural Movements. From Stockholm to Madison Avenue, we learn how Scott upended traditional advertising by tapping into societal undercurrents, helping brands, people -- and even an entire city -- launch cultural movements. We dive deep into the allure of President Trump’s MAGA message and how technology has changed marketing & politics forever. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Entrepreneur and advertising legend Cindy Gallop is a trailblazer, and she’s not afraid to blow things up. Cindy takes us on a deep-dive into the challenges facing the advertising industry today, from a need for diversity and equal pay to sexual harassment, and the actions that can help solve them. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

It’s a long way from Olton, Texas to Washington, D.C., but CFTC Commissioner Dawn Stump finds herself right at home among the policymakers and regulators tackling the complex issues and opportunities brought before the Commodities Futures Trading Commission. Stump’s remarkable journey from agriculture to public service has taken her from an upbringing on a family farm to the corridors of power. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

In the afterglow of Slack’s successful Direct Floor Listing, NYSE’s Vice Chairman John Tuttle visits the ICE House to unpack how this novel path to public ownership has become has become a popular path for some companies, and why the New York Stock Exchange is the only market for these unique transactions that bypass the traditional IPO process. Learn how the Direct Floor Listing uses the NYSE’s 227 years of experience to bring companies the advantages of being publicly traded in a brand new way. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Hamdi Ulukaya founded Chobani in 2005 and has grown the company into a global powerhouse brand using what he terms the “anti-CEO playbook.” He sat down with the NYSE’s Executive Vice Chairman Betty Liu to explain why he believes that focusing on a return on kindness and service leads to profitability and innovation. Hamdi discusses how he fell in love with business and what Chobani and the Tent Foundation, an organization he started in 2015, are doing to help the global refugee crisis. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

How is Darling Ingredients creating value from waste and giving nature a second life? If you ask Darling CEO Randy Stuewe, he’s convinced old oil is the new oil and his company is onto something bigger than Bitcoin. Our show this week is a deep dive into the world of agricultural processing, and a look into stretching resources farther than we could have ever imagined. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Bitcoin was trading at $3,122 last December, so why is the cryptocurrency now 4X that price seven months later? We pose the question to a pioneer in cryptocurrency investing, Barry Silbert, founder and CEO of Digital Currency Group. DCG has invested in over 140 companies that Barry believes will help usher in the future of digital assets. He shares how he found crypto, where the space is headed, and why he thinks digital assets will cause millennials to #DumpGold for bitcoin as the hedge of that generation. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

William Hague is the former UK foreign secretary and a former leader of Britain’s Conservative Party who now serves, among many other roles, as a member of the Board of Directors of Intercontinental Exchange. We join Lord Hague in London to assess the state of his party as it approaches leadership elections and Britain’s future untethered to Europe after Brexit. Along the way, Lord Hague tells us about life after politics and why 80% of getting started starts with just showing up. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Kelsey Grammer’s most recent stage role was Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha, a man on a quest to dream the impossible dream. The Cheers and Frasier star is on a real life quest to brew great beer from his Faith American Brewery in his beloved Catskills of Upstate New York. He sidled up Inside the ICE House to talk about his career, past and present, and the possibility of another chapter in the life of Dr. Frasier Crane. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

This episode of Inside the ICE House offers SLICE Uncut, the extended conversation between NYSE Executive Vice Chairman Betty Liu and John Chambers, Founder & CEO of JC2 Ventures and Chairmen Emeritus of Cisco. John talks about his career, his VC firm, and his vision to create jobs as AI and digitization replace traditional work. Slice is a collaboration between ICE and Cheddar that uncovers the truth of what entrepreneurs, disruptors and brands are doing to change our way of life, and our future. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Even when he’s on hiatus from BILLIONS, it’s impossible to keep up with Brian Koppelman. As the Co-Creator of Showtime’s hit series set in the high altitude of New York’s financial enclaves, and host of his podcast, The Moment, the prolific reader, writer, and tweeter can opine knowledgably on just about everything. Join us as we dive into his just-wrapped fourth season, how his writers’ room gets ready for its fifth, and how he’s turned New York into the perfect film set to explore his passions and curiosities. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Healthcare spending accounts for 18% of the U.S. Economy and growing. What is not growing fast enough is the number of healthcare providers. The country is facing the reality that it will have a shortage of 122,000 doctors by 2032, particularly in rural America. Fresh off his quarterly earnings call, Jason Gorevic, CEO of Teladoc Health (NYSE:TDOC), stopped by the library to enlighten us on how Teladoc’s complete virtual health environment can close the healthcare gap while reducing costs and being as convenient as ordering an Uber. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house