Jon Najarian

Jon Najarian was a professional football player before becoming a trader, venture capitalist, television star, and fintech visionary. Mr. Najarian played for the Chicago Bears before becoming a trader and, eventually, a board member of the Chicago Board Options Exchange. He sold Mercury Trading, his prop trading and specialist firm to Citadel in 2004. Mr. Najarian and his brother, Pete, then built Trademonster into a financial giant, selling that firm to E*Trade for $750M in 2016. They've since built Market Rebellion into an educational and subscription business that has educated over 300,000 investors since 2017. Jon Najarian has earned a reputation in the industry as an options trading expert and pioneer. He developed and patented trading applications and algorithms used to identify unusual activity in stock, options, and futures markets. Mr. Najarian can be seen weekly on Fox Business and Market Rebellion's exclusive, regularly scheduled shows on Market Rebellion TV.