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1914 - | John V. McCarthy & Co. established as cash butter and egg house |
| 1919 - | Founding member of Chicago Mercantile Exchange |
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| 1952 - | Robert J. O'Brien, Sr. (RJO, Sr.) joins firm |
| 1959 - | RJO, Sr. named President and J. V. McCarthy name changed to R. J. O'Brien & Associates Inc. (RJO) |
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| 1963 - | 1st Branch Office established - Russ Brooks: Harlan, Iowa |
| 1964 - | RJO, Sr. elected to Board of Governors of Chicago Mercantile Exchange (served continuously from 1964-1977) |
| 1964 - | RJO takes 1st delivery of the new Live Cattle contract |
| 1966 - | RJO, Sr. elected 2nd Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange |
| 1966 - | RJO hires the first female employed on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange |
| 1967 - | RJO, Sr. elected Chairman of the Board of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange |
| 1968 - | RJO, Sr. on Tonight Show presenting, "Great Western Grand Champion Steer" |
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| 1972 - | RJO, Sr. made Director and Secretary of the International Monetary Market |
| 1975 - | Robert O'Brien, Jr. named President of RJO RJO, Sr. named Chairman of the Board of RJO |
| 1977 - | First live, direct from the floor commodity report in broadcast history: "Bob O'Brien Commodity Report" |
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| 1986 - | John W. O'Brien named CEO of RJO |
| 1987 - | Gerald F. Corcoran joins RJO and is named Chief Financial Officer |
| 1989 - | Mayor Richard Daley proclaims R. J. O'Brien Day in Chicago - Oct. 17th in honor of RJO's 75th Anniversary |
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| 1990 - | RJO joins the Chicago Board of Trade |
| 1992 - | Gerald F. Corcoran named Chief Operating Officer and Director of RJO |
| 1995 - | RJO joins London International Futures Exchange |
| 1995 - | Colleen Mitchell named Vice President of RJO |
| 1998 - | RJO introduces its Customer Access Terminal (CAT©) order routing technology |
| 1999 - | RJO begins FX trading operations |
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| 2000 - | RJO introduces Market Center Direct (MCD©) trading platform |
| 2000 - | John W. O'Brien named Chairman of the Board Robert O'Brien, Sr. named Chairman Emeritus Robert O'Brien, Jr. named Vice Chairman Gerald F. Corcoran named Chief Executive Officer Colleen Mitchell named President |
| 2000 - | RJO moves its offices to 222 S. Riverside Plaza, 9th Floor |
| 2001 - | RJO re-brands its logo to better represent itself as a market leader |
| 2002 - | RJO purchases SDC software, which provides real time risk management of all customer accounts |
| 2002 - | RJO joins the New York Mercantile Exchange, COMEX, and the New York Board of Trade |
| 2003 - | Retail online FX trading system launched at RJO |
| 2003 - | RJO launches a fund of funds product |
| 2004 - | RJO releases new trading platform that includes real time risk management, one click trading, depth of book and streaming quotes |
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