Stephen Merkel

Stephen M.
Merkel is Chairman, Chief Legal Officer & Executive VP at Newmark Group, Inc. since 2025.
Chairman, EVP & General Counsel at BGC Group, Inc. since 2025.
Director at GFI Group, Inc. since 2015.
Director at Freedom International Brokerage Co. Executive Managing Director & General Counsel at Cantor Fitzgerald LP since 1993.
Director & Member at The Wholesale Markets Brokers' Association.
Director at Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corp.
Director at Brooklyn Bridge Park Corp.
Secretary, Chief Legal Officer & Executive VP at Cantor G&W LP since 2004.
Executive Vice President & General Counsel at BGC Partners, Inc. since 2019.
Secretary at FMX Futures Exchange LP.
Member-Supervisory Board at ELX Futures LP.
Formerly Secretary, Director, Senior VP & General Counsel at eSpeed, Inc. from 1999 to 2008.
Secretary, General Counsel & Managing Director at Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. Director at Cantor Index Ltd. from 1998 to 2017.
Vice President & Assistant General Counsel at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC from 1990 to 1993.
Associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP from 1985 to 1990.
Secretary, Executive VP & General Counsel at CF Finance Acquisition Corp.
from 2015 to 2020.
General Counsel at Cantor Entertainment Technology, Inc. in 2011.
Education includes undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and graduate degree from The University of Michigan Law School.