Jun 03, 2021 / 02:00PM GMT
Chinedu Bolu - Autonomous Research LLP - Research Analyst
Good morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us for our next session with Intercontinental Exchange. I'm delighted to once again welcome back Jeff Sprecher, Founder, Chairman and CEO of ICE. Welcome back, Jeff, and thank you very much for participating in our conference once again.
Jeffrey C. Sprecher - Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. - Founder, Chairman & CEO
Yes. Thank you, Christian. It's always good to be with you. This is a very, very good conference. So thank you for having us.
Questions and Answers:
Chinedu Bolu - Autonomous Research LLP - Research AnalystFantastic. Let's let dive right in, Jeff. And maybe a good place to start here, just on the operating environment for the company. You would know if you look at a stock, which is roughly flat yet today, but you are coming off of a very strong period for fundamentals of the company. I think 2020 was a record. You still grew in 2021, the first quarter of very tough comps. So I'm just curious kind