Philip A. Pendergraft
CEO, Penson Worldwide, Inc.
Philip A. Pendergraft is Chief Executive Officer of Penson Worldwide, Inc. and a member of its board of directors.
Penson Worldwide, Inc. is the NASDAQ listed parent company of the Penson group of clearing and execution services companies. These subsidiaries include securities clearing firms based in Dallas , Montreal and London , and Penson GHCO, a futures clearing firm headquartered in Chicago . Penson operations also include Nexa Technologies, a trading technology firm, and Penson Asia. With more than one thousand team members and three hundred introducing firms, Penson is one of the largest clearing brokers in the world.
Mr. Pendergraft was appointed Chief Executive Officer in July 2005, previously serving as the firm's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from October 2000 through July 2005. Mr. Pendergraft has been a member of Penson Worldwide, Inc.'s Board of Directors since September 2000. He has held executive officer and director roles at affiliated Penson entities since 1995, when he was a co-founder of Penson Financial Services, Inc.
Mr. Pendergraft has more than 25 years of securities industry experience, including the start up of three clearing operations and holds a B.A. in economics from Trinity University.