David Schwimmer (banker)


David Schwimmer is an American banker, and the chief executive of the London Stock Exchange Group since April 2018, when he succeeded Xavier Rolet.

Early life and education

Schwimmer is a native of New York. He earned a bachelor's degree in English from Yale University, a law degree from Harvard University, and a Masters in Law and Diplomacy from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

Career

Schwimmer worked at the New York law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell as an associate. In 1998 he joined Goldman Sachs's Financial Institutions Group, focusing on market structure, brokerage and trading. He became chief of staff to then President and COO Lloyd Blankfein in 2005, advising on the merger of the New York Stock Exchange and
Archipelago. The next year he was appointed head of Investment Banking in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States and co-head of Goldman Sachs Russia. Elected partner in 2012, in 2017 he became global head of market structure and global head of metals and mining investment banking.
In April 2018, he was hired as chief executive of the London Stock Exchange Group, having worked as a banker for Goldman Sachs for twenty years. His appointment led to some surprise and humor due to confusion with the actor David Schwimmer of Friends.

Personal life

Schwimmer is fluent in Russian, having worked in Moscow for three years running Goldman's Russian operation. In 2018, he moved to London when he assumed his role with the LSE. He is married with two children.
A native New Yorker, Schwimmer is a New York Mets Fan.