Xavier Rolet

Xavier Rolet
Rolet in 2012
Born (1959-11-12) 12 November 1959 (age 65)
Aix-les-Bains, France
Alma materHarvard University Columbia University Graduate School of Business (MBA)
IHEDN
KEDGE Business School

Xavier R. Rolet (born 12 November 1959) is a Franco-American businessman, a Harvard University Fellow,[1] a Yale University Center for Business and the Environment Board Member,[2] Managing Partner of Grayling Centennial LLC, Board Member of Old Salt Co-Op,[3] a Montana ranching Co-operative, Chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of World Quantum Growth Acquisition Corporation,[4] a NYSE-listed company (WQGA.U).[5] He was CEO of CQS until January 2020, and before that, CEO of the London Stock Exchange Group.[6][7] He was included in the 2017 Harvard Business Review's List of the Best 100 CEOs in the World and is a frequent keynote speaker at business events.[8][9][10][11] Rolet is an advocate for supporting start-ups and the funding of SMEs to promote innovation and job creation.[12][13]

  1. ^ "2024 Fellows and Partners".
  2. ^ "Our Community".
  3. ^ "Old Salt Board member".
  4. ^ "World Quantum Growth Acquisition Files for $300M IPO | DealFlow's SPAC News". 10 May 2021.
  5. ^ "World Quantum Growth".
  6. ^ "LSE Names Xavier Rolet as New CEO, Replacing Furse (Update3)". bloomberg.com. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Jim Armitage: A hard act to follow just as the City is in its direst n". Evening Standard. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Up Close Lecture with Xavier Rolet - The University of Liverpool". alumni.liv.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  9. ^ "EVENT: Transitioning Brexit for the Benefit of the Real Economy - Xavier Rolet, CEO, London Stock Exchange Group". New City Agenda. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  10. ^ Austin, Sue (26 February 2018). "Stock market boss in Shropshire". www.shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  11. ^ "ESMA conference examines the state of European financial markets". www.esma.europa.eu. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  12. ^ "Europe's debt bias chokes small business and job creation". Financial Times. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  13. ^ Rolet, Xavier (5 February 2017). "Our markets subsidise the debts of big business while starving small companies of capital". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 7 March 2018.