Peng Zhao — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as Chief Executive Officer of Citadel Securities, delivering equity and fixed income products to 1,600 global clients in 50 countries and jurisdictions.
Founding Board Member of The Asian American Foundation since 2021.
Serves on the Board of Directors of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations since 2020.
Earned a Ph.D. in statistics from the University of California, Berkeley, where he was a Berkeley Fellow.
Received a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics from Peking University.

Biography

Peng Zhao is the Chief Executive Officer of Citadel Securities, a role he assumed a decade after joining the firm in 2006 as a Senior Quantitative Researcher. His rapid advancement reflects the meritocratic culture he continues to cultivate at the firm.

Under Zhao's leadership, Citadel Securities has significantly accelerated its global expansion across various products, markets, and regions.