

Inside the ICE House
Intercontinental Exchange
Inside the ICE House, a podcast produced by Intercontinental Exchange, takes listeners behind the historic façade of the New York Stock Exchange and inside the global financial marketplace. The episodes, recorded in the Library of the NYSE, features conversations with leaders, entrepreneurs and visionaries who walk through our doors with a dream of building businesses and changing the world. Their stories have made the NYSE, now part of ICE’s ecosystem of markets, clearing houses, data provider, and listings services, an indispensable institution for over 225 years.
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Dec 2, 2019 • 48min
Episode 148: Steve Sachs on Investing in the Future with Goldman Sachs Motif ETFs
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

Nov 27, 2019 • 37min
Episode 147: ICE’s Jeff Sprecher, Live from Abu Dhabi, on the Launch of a New Oil Benchmark
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

Nov 25, 2019 • 45min
Episode 146: Bobbi Brown is Changing Beauty, and Business Practices, from the Inside Out
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

Nov 22, 2019 • 46min
Episode 145: Legendary Documentarian Susan Lacy Turns Her Lens on Ralph Lauren
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

Nov 20, 2019 • 45min
Episode 144: ICE’s Ben Jackson Offers a Sneak Preview of ETF Hub and the Future of Trading
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

Nov 18, 2019 • 50min
Episode 143: Hormel Foods’ CEO Jim Snee Always Welcomes SPAM
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

Nov 14, 2019 • 1h 1min
Episode 142: Bringing Art to Life with Christine Coulson, Author of Metropolitan Stories
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

Nov 11, 2019 • 1h 21min
Episode 141: Ambassador John Emerson on the “New Normal” of International Diplomacy
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

Nov 4, 2019 • 1h 1min
Episode 140: Bestselling Author Ben Mezrich on the world of Bitcoin, Billions, and Crypto Quarterbacks
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

Oct 28, 2019 • 59min
Episode 139: Cowen’s CEO Jeffrey Solomon Puts a Premium on Tenacious Teamwork
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


