Donald R. Wilson Jr. is the founder and CEO of DRW, a Chicago-based principal trading firm he established in 1992 after. See sector focus and contact routes.
Donald R. Wilson Jr. is the founder and CEO of DRW, a Chicago-based principal trading firm he established in 1992 after starting in the industry in 1989, and he serves as DRW Venture Capital’s founder and chief executive officer [2][1]. DRW Venture Capital, launched in 2014 as the corporate venture arm of DRW Holdings, is a stage-agnostic investor focused on financial technology and enterprise technology where DRW’s domain expertise adds strategic value beyond capital [3][6]. The firm leads rounds and writes first checks ranging from $1 million to over $5 million across Seed through late-stage investments, having made 72 investments to date [3]. Notable portfolio companies include ErisX, Silicon Data, Compute Exchange, and Digital Asset, all market-centric initiatives co-founded or invested in by Wilson [6]. Wilson is recognized as a pioneer in modernizing and democratizing derivatives trading and founded the FIA Principal Traders Group in 2010 [2][6]. He holds an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Chicago, where he currently serves as a trustee, and has publicly co-founded initiatives such as Climate Vault and Eris Innovations [6].
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