Adena Friedman

Adena T. Friedman (born 1969) is an American businessperson. She currently serves as the president and CEO of Nasdaq. She was formerly the managing director and CFO of The Carlyle Group. In May 2014, it was announced that Friedman would return to NASDAQ OMX as the president of global corporate and information technology solutions. In November 2016, she was named the CEO of NASDAQ.

Early years
Born Adena Robinson Testa and raised in metropolitan Baltimore, she is the daughter of Michael D. Testa, a managing director at T. Rowe Price, and Adena W. Testa, an attorney in the Baltimore law firm of Stewart, Plant & Blumenthal.

Education 
She attended Roland Park Country School. She earned a BA in political science from Williams College and an MBA from Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management.

Career 
As of 2019, she is listed as the 16th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes. Friedman became CEO on January 1, 2017, of the Nasdaq 
making her the first woman to lead a global exchange company.

Personal life
In 1993, she married Michael Cameron Friedman in a Presbyterian ceremony in Hanover, New Hampshire. They have two sons. She has a black belt in taekwondo.

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Category:1969 births
Category:Living people
Category:American chief financial officers
Category:Williams College alumni
Category:Vanderbilt University alumni
Category:Women chief financial officers
Category:Carlyle Group people