William (Bill) Capuzzi
Bill CapuzziWilliam (Bill) Capuzzi serves as a DTCC Board Member and Chief Executive Officer at Apex Fintech Solutions, where he sets the vision and strategy to help Apex identify and realize new areas of growth and opportunity. Under his guidance, Apex continues to be a proven leader in custody and clearing, helping to power the digital revolution in financial services.
Bill is a trusted industry expert and has been featured in top business publications like CNBC, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, and Nasdaq, among others. He has been personally acknowledged for his outstanding leadership in financial services, being named an EY Entrepreneur of The Year: Southwest Award winner in 2021. He is also a 2022 and 2023 Benzinga Global Fintech Award winner for Most Impactful Fintech Executive and a 2024 WealthManagement.com 'Wealthies' winner for Chief Executive Officer of the Year.
Bill has spent his entire career in the trading, clearing, and custody business with 25+ years of experience. Prior to his role as CEO of Apex, Bill previously worked at Convergex Group where he was Chief of Staff and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. As Chief of Staff, he managed critical internal and external initiatives for the company and was responsible for the firm’s options, prime services, global clearing and commission sharing arrangement (CSA) businesses. Bill also served as Director at Pershing LLC, responsible for their institutional product suite and directed their global re-engineering efforts firm wide.
In addition to his role on the DTCC Board of Directors, Bill is a current board member of Wall Street Bound, Apex Fintech Solutions Inc., and Apex Clearing Corporation. Bill is also a partner at PEAK6, the parent company of Apex Fintech Solutions.
Bill earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesleyan University in Connecticut and a Master of Business Administration in Strategic Management from Rutgers University.