John J. Ray III | |
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 Testifying to the United States House Committee on Financial Services, December 2022 | |
| Born | January 1959 (age 65) |
| Education | University of Massachusetts Amherst (BA) Drake University (JD) |
| Occupation(s) | Attorney, CEO of FTX |
John J. Ray III (born January 1959)[1] is an American attorney and CEO who specializes in recovering funds from failed corporations.[2][3][4] He was appointed CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX in the aftermath of its November 2022 collapse. He previously served as chairman of Enron Creditors Recovery Corp., a company tasked with recovering creditor funds from Enron in the wake of its accounting scandal and subsequent collapse.[5][6]
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