JJ Kinahan

CEO

IG North America

JJ Kinahan is the CEO of IG US Holdings, Inc., also known as IG North America, the parent company of tastylive, Inc., tastytrade, Inc., tastycrypto, and IG US. WJJ also serves as President of tastytrade, the retail brokerage and trading platform.  With more than 30 years of trading experience, JJ is responsible for developing business strategies that scale the tasty brands by providing a better trading experience for retail investors. JJ is a proponent of education and aims to deliver meaningful resources to investors through engaging financial content.

JJ was formerly Chief Market Strategist and Managing Director of Market Structure Strategy and Client Advocacy at TD Ameritrade, as well as Managing Director of Trading Platforms for Charles Schwab.

He began his career as a Chicago Board Options Exchange market maker, later holding positions with ING Bank and Van Der Moolen.

He serves as a member of the CBOE Advisory Board, SIFMA Options Committee, and the Board of Clearlist. He is a contributor for Forbes.com and a frequent guest on CNBC and other business media outlets.