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Hi, everyone. I'm Nicola Tangan, the CEO of the Norwegian Soan Wealth Fund, and today we are thrilled to be joined by Adina Friedman, CEO of NASDAQ.

Now, Adina transformed NASDAQ into a global tech powerhouse, and she's now one of the most influential leaders in global finance.

So, Adina, welcome.

Well, it's great to be here. Thank you so much, Niklai, and welcome to NASDAQ.

Well, exactly, because I'm visiting you, so I'm sitting here with a NASDAQ mug, you know,

and feeling kind of part of something pretty big.

We just start with the basic here. So what is NASDAQ? Sure. Well, NASDAQ, of course, is a world-class market operator, and we're extremely,

extremely proud of that foundation. But as you know, we have expanded our business

to become a global technology provider to the financial industry. And we focused on

expanding our business in three key pillars. And they all are kind of form the foundation of a good market.

So we've got our liquidity pillar, transparency, and integrity.

And if you think about it, you need all three of those things to make for a world-class capital market.

But as we've kind of become a technology provider and partner to our clients,

we've used those themes to really expand our business.

So, you know, you want to buy shares in Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, you basically

do it on a stank. But you also have a lot of people in Sweden. How come? How come?

Yes, in fact, we own and operate the markets in the Nordics other than Norway.

So Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and the three Baltic countries, we own and operate the markets in the Nordics other than Norway. So Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and the three Baltic countries, we own and operate

those markets.

And we also have a market technology business where we provide technology to the world's markets.

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