Knight Capital Group facts for kids
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| Public | |
| Traded as | KCG |
| Industry | Financial Services |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Headquarters | Jersey City, New Jersey, USA |
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Key people
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Thomas Joyce, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
| Products | Market making and trading |
| Revenue | $1.404 billion USD (2011) |
| $115.2 million USD (2011) | |
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Number of employees
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1,418 (2012) |
The Knight Capital Group is an American global financial services firm engaging in market making, electronic execution, and institutional sales and trading. With its high-frequency trading algorithms Knight was the largest trader in U.S. equities, with a market share of 17.3% on NYSE and 16.9% on NASDAQ.
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