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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Financial services |
Founded | 2011 |
Founders | Andrew Killion Mitchell Skinner |
Headquarters | 333 South Wabash, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Key people | Andrew Killion (Chairman) |
Products |
Proprietary trading Algorithmic trading High-frequency trading |
Number of employees | 580 (2022) |
Website |
www |
Footnotes / references [1] |
Akuna Capital is an American proprietary trading firm headquartered in Chicago. It has additional offices in London, Shanghai, and Sydney.
Akuna Capital was co-founded by Andrew Killion in 2011 in Chicago. [2] [3] [4] Killion was previously a partner at Optiver and had left his hometown of Sydney in 2011 to move to Chicago. [2] [3] [4] Chicago was selected to launch Akuna Capital as it was considered the center of the world for derivatives and options. [3]
The word Akuna comes from an Australian Aboriginal word that means flowing water. [3] [4]
Akuna Capital has an affiliated broker-dealer named Akuna Securities. [5]
According to Bloomberg News, Akuna Capital had one of the highest monthly salaries for internships in the financial sector from 2021 to 2022. [6]
In 2015, Akuna Capital signed a deal with the state of Illinois worth $4.5 million in tax breaks. [7] Under the deal, Akuna Capital would hire ten new employees where five would be in trading and five would be in software. [7]
In 2019, Akuna Capital lost $5.4 million on cryptocurrency assets and technology startups. [8]
In January 2023, the firm cut 11% of its entire global workforce with some new hires having their contracts rescinded. [8]
In June 2023, Akuna cut 40% of its Asia-pacific workforce. [4]
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![]() Headquarters at
333 South Wabash | |
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Financial services |
Founded | 2011 |
Founders | Andrew Killion Mitchell Skinner |
Headquarters | 333 South Wabash, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Key people | Andrew Killion (Chairman) |
Products |
Proprietary trading Algorithmic trading High-frequency trading |
Number of employees | 580 (2022) |
Website |
www |
Footnotes / references [1] |
Akuna Capital is an American proprietary trading firm headquartered in Chicago. It has additional offices in London, Shanghai, and Sydney.
Akuna Capital was co-founded by Andrew Killion in 2011 in Chicago. [2] [3] [4] Killion was previously a partner at Optiver and had left his hometown of Sydney in 2011 to move to Chicago. [2] [3] [4] Chicago was selected to launch Akuna Capital as it was considered the center of the world for derivatives and options. [3]
The word Akuna comes from an Australian Aboriginal word that means flowing water. [3] [4]
Akuna Capital has an affiliated broker-dealer named Akuna Securities. [5]
According to Bloomberg News, Akuna Capital had one of the highest monthly salaries for internships in the financial sector from 2021 to 2022. [6]
In 2015, Akuna Capital signed a deal with the state of Illinois worth $4.5 million in tax breaks. [7] Under the deal, Akuna Capital would hire ten new employees where five would be in trading and five would be in software. [7]
In 2019, Akuna Capital lost $5.4 million on cryptocurrency assets and technology startups. [8]
In January 2023, the firm cut 11% of its entire global workforce with some new hires having their contracts rescinded. [8]
In June 2023, Akuna cut 40% of its Asia-pacific workforce. [4]