Azeem Azhar's Exponential View How Nasdaq is Growing the World’s Digital Marketplace
May 6, 2020
37:39
Nasdaq has evolved from being the world’s first digital marketplace to a global technology company. CEO Adena Friedman joins Azeem Azhar to discuss how their digital operation has become the model for markets around the world, the surprising importance of regulation as a driver of innovation, and how Nasdaq prepared to keep functioning during the pandemic lockdown.
They also discuss:
- The infrastructure that allows Nasdaq to reliably maintain data rates thousands of times faster than the internet and traffic volumes many times higher than Google searches.
- How smart regulation played a vital role in the evolution of Nasdaq’s resilience.
- Why the Nordic states exemplify a healthy balance between government and business.
Further reading:
- “What’s the Future of Capitalism?” (TED Talk, 2019)
- “Interview with Adena Friedman on COVID-19” (The Economic Club of Washington DC, 2020)
- “Technology Companies and the New Recession” (Exponential View podcast, 2020)