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Strategy Nov. 6, 2019, 7:20 AM

I’m the founder of Ameritrade, but my first ever job was as a janitor. Here’s how a life of work prepared me to launch a major online brokerage company.

Joe Ricketts is the founder, former CEO, and retired chairman of online brokerage TD Ameritrade. The following is an excerpt from his book, “The Harder You Work, The Luckier You Get.” In it, he describes how his first job at age eight – assisting a janitor in town – helped […]
I’m the founder of Ameritrade, but my first ever job was as a janitor. Here’s how a life of work prepared me to launch a major online brokerage company.
News Jul. 19, 2018, 11:41 PM

Chance the Rapper bought the local Chicago news site Chicagoist ‘to run you racist b—-es out of business’

Chance the Rapper bought the assets of the local Chicago news site Chicagoist, he announced on Wednesday. He references his acquisition of the site in “I Might Need Security,” one of four new songs he released on Wednesday night. “I bought the Chicagoist just to run you racist b—-es out […]
Chance the Rapper bought the local Chicago news site Chicagoist ‘to run you racist b—-es out of business’
News Nov. 3, 2017, 10:36 AM

A billionaire Trump donor just shut down a chain of beloved local publications without warning

Joe Ricketts, a billionaire who has donated to...
A billionaire Trump donor just shut down a chain of beloved local publications without warning
News Sep. 21, 2016, 6:37 AM

The billionaire founder of TD Ameritrade will back Trump after spending millions trying to sink his campaign

Joe Ricketts, the billionaire founder of TD...
The billionaire founder of TD Ameritrade will back Trump after spending millions trying to sink his campaign

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