Governor Greg Abbott rings the NYSE closing bell at AT&T Stadium with Lynn Martin, Jerry Jones, John Stankey, and Texas founding members as Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders look on. [Photo: Dallas Innovates]
Lynn Martin
President,
NYSE Group
… speaking at the launch of NYSE Texas at AT&T Stadium on Wednesday.
Texas just scored a financial touchdown at the 50-yard line.
Governor Greg Abbott rang Wednesday’s NYSE closing bell from “Y’all Street” with NYSE Group’s Lynn Martin, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, AT&T’s John Stankey, and other stakeholders at his side. The sound that ended trading for global markets came from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, marking the launch of NYSE Texas, the first exchange ever incorporated in the Lone Star State.
Martin, president of the 232-year-old New York Stock Exchange, wasn’t just being polite to the home crowd when she…
