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David Schwimmer’ s appointment as Chief Executive of London Stock Exchange Group in April 2018 marked a pivotal moment for the 300-year-old institution.
Since taking the helm, the American banker has overseen LSEG’ s evolution from a European regional exchange group into a diversified, global leader in financial markets infrastructure and data services.
Born in New York on 12 April 1969, David built his academic foundation at elite American institutions.
He graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor’ s degree in English before pursuing dual postgraduate degrees: a JD from Harvard Law School and a Masters in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School at Tufts University.
This combination of legal expertise and international affairs knowledge would prove valuable in navigating complex global financial transactions.
From legal practice to Goldman Sachs excellence David began his career as an associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell, one of New York’ s premier law firms. In 1998, he transitioned to finance, joining Goldman Sachs’ Financial Institutions Group with a focus on market structure, brokerage and trading.
His progression within Goldman Sachs was marked by increasingly senior roles. In 2005, he was selected as Chief of Staff to Lloyd Blankfein, who was then President and Chief Operating Officer.
In this position, David advised on the merger of the New York Stock Exchange and Archipelago.
In 2006, he moved to Moscow to lead Goldman Sachs’ s expansion into Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, serving as Co-Head of the firm’ s operations in the region until 2009.
His fluency in Russian, developed through earlier work as an NBC reporter in 1991-92, facilitated his effectiveness in these markets.
84 July 2025