“When I started 25 years ago, when there was Rohit Bal and Tarun [Tahiliani] and JJ [Valaya], I had to fight to climb all the way to the top. And that’s good. It keeps you alert and alive.

JJ Kinahan is the Chicago-based CEO of IG North America, the parent company of market-leading brokerage tastytrade, financial education content network tastylive, tastycrypto, and tastyfx.