John Smollen

Executive Vice President, New Product Development

John Smollen has served as the Company’s Executive Vice President, New Product Development since November 2025 and previously served as Executive Vice President, Head of Exchange Traded Products and Strategic Relations from July 2015 until November 2025. He served as a Managing Director for Goldman Sachs from 2001 to 2011 and as a floor director at Cboe from 2001 to 2010. Additionally, Mr. Smollen served as the Member Vice Chairman at the Cboe in 2006. Prior to joining us, Mr. Smollen served as Managing Partner of Quivetneck Capital from May 2011 to July 2015, a consulting company based in Chicago, Illinois focused on trading, clearing, market making, order flow, routing and trading technology.