You moved to Chicago in the early 1980s without knowing the city. What was that initial floor trading experience like on the CBOE?

I had never been west of the Hudson River. When I stepped onto the trading floor of the Chicago Board Options Exchange at the Board of Trade, people were screaming, tickets were flying through the air, and the noise was deafening. It immediately matched my personality. It felt like the wild west meeting raw capitalism. On my first day in the city, I went to Comiskey Park, caught a foul ball that ricocheted off the concrete, and spent the following afternoon swimming at the beach. That energy confirmed Chicago was the place where I belonged.