Amy Nauiokas

Amy Nauiokas is the founder and president of Anthemis Group, the digital financial services investment and advisory firm, and the founder and chair of Archer Gray, the media production, finance, and investment company, Until 2008, she was the CEO of Barclays Stockbrokers.

Wall Street career

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 soon appointed corporate spokesperson by CEO Howard Lutnick. By the time she left in 2004 (bound 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.

Anthemis

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 now serves as President. Anthemis has developed a portfolio of financial technology investments that includes 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), as well as a boutique management consulting practice for established financial firms.

Archer Gray

in 2009, Nauiokas began a career in media by 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 and production of film, television, and plays. Archer Gray has since produced six feature films and four Broadway plays and invested in ten companies. Archer Gray's president of production is Anne Carey.

Filmography

Archer Gray is currently in post-production on the film adaptation of Can You Ever Forgive Me, directed by Marielle Heller and starring Melissa McCarthy.[4]

Personal life

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]

References

  1. ↑ McCarthy, Michael. Sept. "Sept. 11 Memories Fill Cantor Fitzgerald Ad Campaign." USA Today. May 28, 2002.
  2. 1 2 Lugo, Denise. "Out Takes: Amy Nauiokas." Investment Dealers Digest. July 19, 2004.
  3. 1 2 Dixon, Pascale. "Nauiokas Park Invests in Property Website Zoopla.co.uk." Business Wire. January 19, 2009.
  4. ↑ McNary, Dave (2017-01-30). "Richard Grant, Jane Curtin Join Melissa McCarthy's 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?'". Variety. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  5. 1 2 Outstanding Young Alumni Award Citation. Dickinson College. May 2006 Archived May 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ Make-A-Wish International. "Amy Nauiokas Elected as International Board Chair." November 14, 2012. News Release.
  7. 1 2 Hendrickson, V.L. "Putting 'Pop' in Nutrition." The Wall Street Journal. September 18, 2012.
  8. 1 2 Leary, Ann. "Amy Nauiokas Trades Wall Street for a Horse Farm." Equestrian Quarterly. Spring 2013.
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