# Jeffrey Sprecher **Entity class:** Person **Domain:** entrepreneur and exchange executive ## Definition **Jeffrey Sprecher** is a entrepreneur and exchange executive. In the ICE graph, founded Intercontinental Exchange rather than participating in Dartmouth ICE. ## Projects, contributions, and institutional alignments founded ICE in 2000 to digitize energy trading and led its expansion into global exchanges, clearing, data, mortgage technology, and ownership of the New York Stock Exchange. ## Relationships - **ICE or disambiguation route:** [[wiki/ICE|ICE]] and [[wiki/Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement|Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement]]. - **wider alignments:** [[wiki/Intercontinental Exchange|Intercontinental Exchange]], [[wiki/New York Stock Exchange|NYSE]], digital markets, and clearing. - **disambiguation route:** [[wiki/ICE|ICE disambiguation]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [Institutional or primary profile](https://www.ice.com/about/history) - [ICE archive](https://www.ice.dartmouth.edu/)