Tom Greene Celebrates 50 Years on Wall Street at NYSE - Open Outcry Traders History Project - John Lothian News from first stock on the nyse Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 13 min 71 sec
✓ Published: 12-Feb-2022

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Head of NYSE Trading Floors Worked His Way from Runner to Head of Cotton Exchange and On to NYSE Trading Floor HeadnnTom Greene wanted to be a civil servant, perhaps a fireman, when he was growing up. However, despite his best efforts, the jobs went to returning VietNam veterans. So he chose a vocation working with electricity, but that did not get him too far. Eventually, a cousin on Wall Streetsuggested he come down to Wall Street. And so began a career that has spawned 50 years, from his da