Amy Nauiokas

Nauiokas worked at Bankers Trust and Bear Stearns before joining Cantor Fitzgerald in 2000. She was a senior managing director at Cantor in September 2001, when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center, where the firm was based.[1] The attacks claimed the lives of 658 Cantor employees, and Nauiokas, 28, was appointed corporate spokesperson by CEO Howard Lutnick. By the time she left in 2004 for Barclays Capital, she was Cantor's senior managing director and director of global marketing, investor relations, and human resources.[2] At Barclays Capital, Nauiokas was the head of eCommerce.[2] She remained in that position until 2006, when she became CEO of Barclays Stockbrokers.

After leaving Barclays Stockbrokers in 2008, Nauiokas co-founded Nauiokas Park, a venture capital firm focused on disruptive financial technologies.[3] Nauiokas Park's portfolio included companies like Zoopla and Seedcamp.[3] The firm was sold to the Anthemis Group in fall 2010, where Nauiokas is now President. Anthemis' investments included Betterment, Simple Bank (sold to BBVA for $117 million in 2014), Payoff, The Climate Corporation (sold to Monsanto for $930 million in 2013), and Fidor Bank (sold to BPCE for an undisclosed amount in 2016).

In 2009, Nauiokas began independently financing and producing movies and plays, such as Once (winner of eight Tony Awards) and The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete, which Michelle Obama called her "favorite film of 2013." In 2011, Nauiokas started Archer Gray to invest in media startups and in the development of film, television, and plays. Archer Gray has produced six feature films and four Broadway plays and invested in ten companies. Archer Gray's president of production is Anne Carey.

Nauiokas graduated from Dickinson College in 1994 with a B.A. in International Studies.[5] She went on to earn a master's degree in International Business from Columbia University.[5] She is a trustee of Dickinson, a member of the New Markets Women's Advisory Board at Credit Suisse, and board chair of Make-A-Wish International.[6] Nauiokas also founded her own charitable organization, the Bubble Foundation, in 2010.[7] Bubble offers exercise and nutrition programming to low-income children in New York City charter schools.[7] Nauiokas is married to Barclays banker Harry Harrison and previously to James Connolly, an artist and chef.[8] Her family divides their time between New York City and Washington Depot, Connecticut, where they own the Washington Equestrian Center.[8]