Thomas Wright
Global Head of Equity Trading
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co.
Thomas R. Wright is a Senior Vice President and Global Head of Trading at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC. Tom joined the firm in August 2004 and is responsible for Equity Trading and Salestrading for the institutional sell side of Bernstein.
Prior to joining Sanford Bernstein, Tom spent 10 years at Merrill Lynch where he held several management positions including Head of NASDAQ Trading, Head of New York Equity Sales, and Head of U.S. Equity Trading and Salestrading. Most recently Tom and his family spent a year and a half in London where Tom managed European Equity Trading and Salestrading for Merrill. Prior to Merrill Lynch, Tom spent 8 years at Goldman Sachs as a NASDAQ Salestrader.
Tom was raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He received his BS in Finance and Economics from Boston College in 1983 and an MBA from the Stern School of Management at New York University in 1987.
Throughout his career, Tom has worked on several industry committees including the SIA Trading Committee, the NASDAQ Trading Committee, the BRUT Advisory Board and the Archipelago Board.