Adena Friedman

Flat-out, the time I wasn't working I was spending with the kids and my husband.

I'm hoping that other people can learn from me, both the mistakes I've made or the opportunities I've had, or for the decisions I've made: for instance, not to go and take a lot of different jobs in a lot of different places, but to stay in one place for most of my career.

The financial service industry has an image issue.

Entry-level jobs are excellent opportunites to educate young women about the realities of the financial world and can prepare them for the next move up within the firm or another area of the financial industry.

Nasdaq is investing in the technologies, talent, and capabilities that solve the complex challenges our clients face.

There are a lot of jobs in the financial industry that do need a math major.

You need to have a lot of human judgment involved in the financial industry in terms of risk management, in terms of investment decisions, and things that really allow us to blend the best of technology and the human brain.

We definitely are a supporter of lowering corporate income tax and managing through the reprehension of cash for companies because we do think that'll give them more ammunition to grow their businesses and expand what they do.

I had children very young. You go through a period of immense guilt about being a working mother.

I really believe that I've been a better parent from being a working mother.

I would like to be known as a great leader, not as a great woman leader.

One of the things I liked about the movie 'Minority Report' was they used a lot of futurists as consultants to really try to understand what the world really would be like in 50 years.