J. Joe Ricketts

John Joseph Ricketts is an American businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder, former CEO and former chairman of TD Ameritrade. He has a net worth of US$2.7 billion as of 2019 according to Forbes.

Online stock trading pioneer Joe Ricketts founded brokerage firm Ameritrade four decades ago in Omaha, Nebraska and took it public in 1997.
His company acquired TD Waterhouse for $2.9 billion in stock and cash in 2006 and renamed itself TD Ameritrade.
In 2011 Ricketts retired from the board of directors of TD Ameritrade; he still owns 7% of the company, making him the largest individual shareholder.
Ricketts funded the construction of religious silent retreat center, the Cloisters on the Platte, in Nebraska, which hosted its first session in July.
His four children are the majority owners of the Chicago Cubs, which won the World Series in 2016 for the first time in 108 years.
His personal investments include High Plains Bison, which sells bison meat products, and Jackson Fork Lodge in Wyoming.

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