# Robert Dykes

> Robert Dykes is a financial technology executive and TORA co-founder who was CEO when LSEG announced its $325 million acquisition agreement in February 2022. His career includes enterprise software roles at WebPartner and AudioSoft, and co-founding Caspian, the institutional crypto trading venture formed by TORA and Kenetic. He holds a BA in economics from Princeton University and is publicly based in Burlingame, California.

- **Role:** Financial technology executive and entrepreneur
- **Organizations:** TORA / LSEG TORA, Caspian, Deloitte, WebPartner, AudioSoft
- **Education:** BA in Economics, with an emphasis in Mathematics, Princeton University
- **Known for:** Helped build TORA into a multi-region institutional trading technology business acquired by LSEG in 2022., Led TORA during its expansion into North America and Europe., Co-founded Caspian to provide institutional crypto trading and risk management tools.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2004** — Began at Deloitte in audit, consulting and mergers and acquisitions; subsequently held executive roles at enterprise software businesses including WebPartner and AudioSoft.
- **2004** — TORA founded; Dykes led the business as CEO from its early years.
- **2010** — CEO when Goldman Sachs made a minority investment in TORA.
- **2016** — Discussed TORA’s US expansion, ten US clients and a new data centre site at Equinix NY4.
- **2017** — Explained TORA’s internally developed combined order and execution management system and expansion in the US and Europe.
- **2018** — Co-founded and served as CEO of Caspian, a TORA-Kenetic institutional crypto trading joint venture.
- **2021** — Announced TORA’s FX collaboration with EBS.
- **2022** — CEO at LSEG’s February announcement of a $325 million acquisition agreement; LSEG confirmed completion during Q3.
- **2023** — Appeared in LSEG TORA’s post-acquisition conversation with Quentin Limouzi and Michael Smith in New York.

## Achievements

- Helped build TORA into a multi-region institutional trading technology business acquired by LSEG in 2022.
- Led TORA during its expansion into North America and Europe.
- Co-founded Caspian to provide institutional crypto trading and risk management tools.

## Latest updates

- **2023-04** — LSEG TORA published a post featuring Dykes with Quentin Limouzi and Michael Smith discussing developments since the acquisition at LSEG’s New York headquarters.
- **2022-10** — LSEG’s Q3 trading update confirmed that the TORA acquisition had completed during the quarter.
- **2022-02** — LSEG announced its $325 million agreement to acquire TORA, identifying Dykes as CEO.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-dykes-a1b481

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