Flash boys interview with ronan ryan tradetech paris. Theres ronan ryan, a foulmouthed irishman who wondered why hedge funds and banks would pay him incredible sums to build and locate. Michael lewiss latest book about wall street and the rise of highspeed computerized stock trading is fascinating. In flash boys he focuses on a few people he considers crucial for the events. Using tech to build a better stock exchange with iex founder, ronan ryan. Irishman ronan ryan at center of figuring how wall street. Brad katsuyama teamed up with the technologically gifted ronan ryan, as well as a host of other talented wall street.
As a founding member of iex, ryan was a central character featured in michael lewis flash boys. First, he presents brad katsuyama, a former executive of the royal bank of canada. He is the president of iex, the investors exchange, and an electronic trading expert. Ronan ryan, a man who had travelled from ireland to america with his father when he. A networking infrastructure expert, ronan rose to become head of electronic trading. R onan as a boys name is of irish and gaelic origin, and the meaning of ronan is little seal. Technology has overtaken any kind of manual form of trading, says ryan. Irish america magazine named ryan to its 2014 and 2015 wall street 50 list. View ronan ryans profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. In his interview, ryan described what he witnessed. Hollywood eyes film about the dundrum man who helped expose flash traders.
He teams up with ronan ryan, an awkward young irish immigrant with a knack for highspeed telecommunications technology, who joins rbc as. Ronan ryan, john schwall, and rob park discovered that the stock exchanges were enabling predatory trading strategies that were harming longterm investors representing the savings of millions of people. Flash boys is about a small group of wall street guys who figure out that the u. Wall street prep cfa society orlando has partnered with wall street prep to offer discounts that amount to over half of many. Hollywood eyes film about the dundrum man who helped. A wall street revolt by american author michael lewis is a 2014 nonfiction. An irishman, ronan ryan, 34, is at the center of wall streets latest sensational story which reveals how he and others figured out how high frequency traders rigged the system and made massive. Flash boys pdf pdf summary michael lewis 12min blog. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of flash boys by michael lewis. Next, he paints a picture of ronan ryan who was recruited by katsuyama for his banking team. Flash boys, the antiwolf of wall street, will get a film from moneyball team.
Lewis said the stumbling block to a booktomovie adaptation is the reallife main character in flash. Along with brad, ronan was another principal character in flash boys, and has become a bit of cult figure in his own right. Flash boys, the antiwolf of wall street, will get a. Most leaders dont even know the game they are in simon sinek at live2lead 2016 duration. Katsuyama called ronan ryan and invited him to interview for a job on the rbc trading floor. Simon carswell, washington correspondent, the irish times panelist. Michael lewis put it pretty succinctly in flash boys, when he described how life changed for brad after rbc acquired carlin. Ronan ryan is iexs chief strategy officer and has come along way since first moved to the u. It is the first tune on her in play album with john doyle. Irish telecoms expert a catalyst in unmasking speed trading tactics author michael lewiss book has rattled cages in the us financial world and prompted an investigation into high. The story behind the founding of iex was chronicled in michael lewis 2014 book, flash boys. When i sat down to write flash boys, in 20, i didnt intend to see just how angry i could make the richest people on wall street. Michael lewis says a flash boys movie wont happen because hollywood cant cast an asian lead.
Michael lewis says flash boys movie unlikely because hollywood wont cast asian lead. Irish telecoms expert a catalyst in unmasking speed. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Next, he paints a picture of ronan ryan who was recruited by katsuyama for his. View the profiles of professionals named ronan ryan on linkedin. Liz carroll wrote this tune in honour of her friends triplet boys, the ronans. Brad started a quest to battle this highfrequency trading.
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