DKF Awards
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2024
DKF Market Data Person of the Year 2024
Kees Brooimans
DKF Market Data Person of the Year 2024
The DKF Market Data Person of the Year 2024 is Kees Brooimans
The laudation was held by Dr. Alexis Eisenhofer:
The DKF Market Data Person of the Year award for 2024 has been bestowed upon Kees Brooimans, a pioneer in the market data industry. With a career spanning over four decades, Kees has played a pivotal role in shaping the landscape of market data solutions. From his early roles at Vam Lanschot and Datastream to founding Screen Group and co-founding MDP4U, Kees has consistently demonstrated his ability to identify market opportunities and build successful businesses. His unwavering commitment to excellence and his deep understanding of the market data ecosystem have made him a highly respected figure in the industry.
2023
DKF Market Data Person of the Year 2023
Christian Baha
DKF Market Data Person of the Year 2023
The DKF Market Data Person of the Year 2023 is Christian Baha
The laudation was held by Dr. Alexis Eisenhofer:
Christian Baha founded his company TeleTrader in Vienna in 1993. However, he first gained his great fame through his hedge fund Superfund. With several hundred percent outperformance after the bursting of the New Economy bubble, it became a unicorn with USD 2 billion in volume. This great success brought him worldwide fame and also an appearance in the Hollywood movie “Wallstreet 2” alongside Michael Douglas. His market data company was recently delisted from the stock exchange and now bears the name of its founder: baha.
2022
DKF Market Data Person of the Year 2022: Dr. Wolfgang Dietl
DKF Market Data Person of the Year 2022
The DKF Market Data Person of the Year 2022 is Dr. Wolfgang Dietl. Read some highlights of the laudatory speech provided by Dr. Alexis Eisenhofer:
In 2001, Dr. Wolfgang Dietl set up a market data unit within the Allianz called IDS Analysis and Reporting to evaluate their own portfolio in the best possible way and to support the portfolio managers in their search for alpha. The unit has grown to over 300 employees and has also gained a great reputation outside the parent company. Many of the insurance company’s competitors at least want to use the services of this market data unit. There is probably no vendor in the market that does not provide data for the unit. They have integrated more than 50 data sources.
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