Nasdaq names Friedman CEO; Greifeld to be chairman

Greifeld, 59, has headed the trans-Atlantic stock exchange operator since 2003 and wrote his graduate thesis on the operation of the exchange. Current chairman Borje Ekholm will remain a board member. Friedman, 47, has said she grew up at Nasdaq, where she started as an intern right out of business school and worked for 18 years before leaving the company in 2011 to join private equity firm Carlyle Group LP as chief financial officer.