NYSE Euronext

Type: Public
On the web: http://www.nyse.com
Employees: 3,077
Employee growth: 3.7%

NYSE Euronext is one of the world's largest exchange groups, boasting trades totaling about one-third of the global cash equities volume. It operates esteemed exchanges in the US and Europe, including the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Euronext, NYSE Liffe, and NYSE Amex, formerly the American Stock Exchange. The exchanges have about 8,000 listed companies and offer products and services such as cash equities, futures, options, swaps, carbon trading, clearing, market data, technology services, and more. The NYSE (the world's largest) lists some 2,800 companies, including most of the most powerful US corporations; it also recruits foreign firms seeking the greater liquidity available in US markets.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2011:
Sales: $4,552.0M
One year growth: 2.9%
Net income: $619.0M
Income growth: 7.3%

Officers:
Chairman: Jan-Michiel Hessels
CEO and Director: Duncan L. Niederauer
COO: Lawrence E. (Larry) Leibowitz

Competitors:
Deutsche Börse
London Stock Exchange
NASDAQ OMX