John J. Ray III

John J. Ray III
BornJanuary 1959 (age 65)
EducationUniversity 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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  2. ^ "New FTX chief slams 'complete failure of corporate controls' at crypto exchange". Financial Times. November 17, 2022. Archived from the original on November 17, 2022. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  3. ^ Knauth, Dietrich; Pierson, Brendan (November 15, 2022). "FTX's new CEO helped bolster Enron victims' recovery". Reuters. Archived from the original on November 16, 2022. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  4. ^ Cohen, Ben (December 15, 2022). "Does FTX's New CEO Have the Worst Job in Corporate America?". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on January 7, 2023. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
  5. ^ "Enron's Liquidator to Oversee FTX's Massive Crypto Bankruptcy". Bloomberg Tax. November 11, 2022. Archived from the original on November 17, 2022. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  6. ^ Randles, Jonathan (November 15, 2022). "New FTX CEO Unwound Enron and Other Major Corporate Failures". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on November 17, 2022. Retrieved November 17, 2022 – via www.wsj.com.