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Jordan Cila, 35, Citadel Securities

Citadel

Cila, 35, is a senior vice president at Citadel Securities, responsible for sales and business development within a team that covers some of the world’s largest institutional investors.

Those clients include asset managers, hedge funds, insurance companies, government institutions and banks. Cila joined Citadel Securities, which was founded by hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin and is separate from the hedge fund, earlier this year. He has played a key role in the off-the-run treasuries sales effort and launch.

Prior to joining Citadel Securities, Cila worked in the interest-rates sales group at Goldman Sachs for nearly a decade, most recently as a vice president.

Before working in finance, Cila was a Major League Soccer player, playing midfield and forward for the New York Red Bulls, Colorado Rapids, and Real Salt Lake.

He received his bachelor’s from Duke University in 2004.

Reporting from Rachael Levy.