Susan Estes

For the member of the Kansas House of Representatives, see Susan Estes (politician).

Susan Estes
Born1959 (age 64–65)
EducationUniversity of Redlands
Known forCEO, OpenDoor Securities (first woman-owned bond trading business in U.S.)
Board member of
  • Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee (TBAC)
  • AkinovA
Awards

Susan M. Estes (born 1959) is an American business executive and CEO of OpenDoor Securities, a firm that primarily traded in United States Treasury securities.[1] Along with Brian Meehan, she co-founded the company in 2013, becoming the first woman to own and operate a bond trading business, an historically male-dominated industry.[2][3][4] The company provided anonymous electronic Treasury trading.[5] OpenDoors Securities ceased operations on January 13, 2021.[6]

  1. ^ Chavez-Dreyfuss, Gertrude; Kerbe, Ross (March 26, 2020). "RPT-Fed spigots help restore U.S. Treasury liquidity". Reuters. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  2. ^ Sheehan, Matt (August 3, 2018). "OpenDoor's Susan Estes joins AkinovA's Advisory Board". Reinsurance News. Brighton, UK. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  3. ^ Hatzakis, Steven (July 13, 2016). "After $10m Round OpenDoor Becomes First Women-Owned Bond Trading Platform". Finance Magnates. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
  4. ^ Zuckerman, Gregory (November 26, 1999). "How a Woman on a Bond Desk Deals With the Slights and Rises to the Top". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  5. ^ Zuckerman, Gregory; Gillers, Heather; Verlaine, Julia-Ambra (March 20, 2020). "Bond-Market Strains Keep Traders on Edge". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved December 21, 2020.(subscription required)
  6. ^ Smith, Annabel (January 13, 2021). "US treasuries trading firm OpenDoor ceases operations". The Trade News. Retrieved January 25, 2021.