From CBOT mergers and acquisitions to regulatory lawsuits, CME's past twenty years have been a history of financial power shifts, and now it's Lynne's turn to take over.

Wu said that the world's largest derivatives exchange operator CME Group announced that current Chairman and CEO Terry Duffy will transition to Executive Chairman on March 1, 2027, and current President and CFO Lynne Fitzpatrick will succeed as CEO and join the board of directors. Duffy has served as CME Chairman since 2002, leading the company through major acquisitions such as the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) and the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), and spearheading CME's shift from open outcry trading to electronic trading. Recently, Duffy stated that CME will sue the CFTC to oppose its approval for the launch of perpetual futures in the U.S. market.