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Cboe Global Markets Headquarters & offices · Chicago, Illinois
Cboe Global Markets · Chicago, Illinois
The world's first listed options exchange opened in a converted smoking lounge in 1973. Its people now work under a 140-foot ticker ceiling in Chicago's Old Post Office.
The headquarters by CannonDesign, what Cboe pays, and the road from the Board of Trade building and back again — from Cboe's filings and its own pages and the architect's project page.
- 1,661employees, end of 2025
- 1973first listed options exchange
- 185,000 sq ftheadquarters fit-out
- $197,994median employee pay, 2025
Sources: Form 10-K 2025 · Proxy statement 2026 · cboe.com · CannonDesign project page
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THE HEADQUARTERS · 433 WEST VAN BUREN STREET, CHICAGO
A trading company in a landmark post office
Cboe's headquarters occupies four floors within two buildings of Chicago's historic Old Post Office. CannonDesign filled the voluminous work area with glass pavilions for meetings and offices, uplit wooden sculptural elements, and work settings that run from formal to quiet. A polished “momentum” ceiling with moving ticker displays stretches 140 feet above reception, murals change as people walk past, and the original landmarked mezzanine holds a secluded lounge, private dining and cantilevered-glass meeting rooms. The headquarters also hosts Cboe's Options Institute.
- 185,000 sq ft
- 4 floors, 2 buildings
- 140 ft ticker ceiling
- Glass pavilions
- Landmark mezzanine
- Options Institute
Work floors in the Old Post Office
Four floors across two buildings, with glass pavilions for meetings and offices inside the vast work area.
Art and branding
Commissioned art and murals that change as people walk past them.
Trading floor in the CBOT Building
In 2022 Cboe opened a new trading floor in the same space where it was founded in 1973.
The Old Post Office
The headquarters sits in Chicago's historic Old Post Office at 433 West Van Buren Street.
Facts: CannonDesign project page “Cboe Global Markets”
Global headquarters, Old Post Office, Chicago
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| Global headquarters | 433 West Van Buren Street, Chicago, IL 60607 |
| Trading floor | Chicago Board of Trade Building, LaSalle Street |
Source: Form 10-K 2025 · Cboe press release, June 6, 2022
Source: CannonDesign project page · Cboe press release
Working at Cboe
Cboe's human capital program covers comprehensive benefits, health and well-being, training and career development.
Work settings from formal to informal, immersive to quiet.
Private dining in the landmarked mezzanine.
The headquarters hosts Cboe's Options Institute for people interested in trading.
Commissioned artwork and murals throughout the floors.
Views of the Chicago skyline across the floors.
Source: Form 10-K 2025 · CannonDesign project page
What the headquarters gives the people inside
Work settings range from formal to informal, technologically immersive to thoughtful and quiet.
A polished ceiling with moving ticker displays runs 140 feet above reception and reflects the skyline.
The architects designed for views of the Chicago skyline from any vantage point.
Cboe's median employee total compensation in 2025.
Source: CannonDesign project page · Proxy statement 2026
Who works here
employees in the U.S.
work in technology operations
countries, from the UK and Netherlands to Japan
Source: Form 10-K 2025
Pay at Cboe Global Markets
Across all full-time, part-time and temporary employees. The CEO earned 102 times this amount.
Source: Proxy statement 2026 (CEO pay ratio)
Cboe doesn't publish pay by age.
Office history: from the Board of Trade to the Old Post Office
- 1973 A converted smoking lounge
On April 26, 1973, Cboe opened as the world's first exchange for listed options, with a handful of screens in a converted smoking lounge in the Chicago Board of Trade Building.
Source: cboe.com · Cboe press release, June 6, 2022
The Chicago Board of Trade Building, where Cboe was founded in 1973 · Ken Lund / CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 1980s 400 South LaSalle
The CBOT Building housed Cboe's trading pits through the late '70s and early '80s, until Cboe moved its headquarters to 400 S. LaSalle.
Source: Cboe press release, June 6, 2022
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2021 The Old Post Office
Cboe opened its new global headquarters in Chicago's historic Old Post Office at 433 W. Van Buren Street.
Source: Cboe press release, June 6, 2022
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2022 Back where it began
A new trading floor opened in the same CBOT Building space where Cboe was founded.
Source: Cboe press release, June 6, 2022
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What Cboe Global Markets does
Cboe runs exchanges for options, futures, equities and foreign exchange, and pioneered exchange-traded volatility products with VIX futures in 2004 and VIX options in 2006.
Options, futures, equities in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, and global FX.
Source: Form 10-K 2025 · Proxy statement 2026
Chief executives
Chief Executive Officer since May 2025.
Cboe opened on April 26, 1973, led by Joe Sullivan and a team of founders.
Source: Proxy statement 2026 · cboe.com
Cboe Global Markets: questions people ask
Where is Cboe's headquarters?
In Chicago's historic Old Post Office at 433 West Van Buren Street.
Source: Form 10-K 2025
Who designed it?
CannonDesign, across four floors in two buildings.
Source: CannonDesign project page
How many people work at Cboe?
1,661 at the end of 2025, 1,102 of them in the U.S.
Source: Form 10-K 2025
What is the median pay at Cboe?
$197,994 in 2025; the CEO earned 102 times that.
Source: Proxy statement 2026
Where was Cboe founded?
In a converted smoking lounge in the Chicago Board of Trade Building, on April 26, 1973.
Source: cboe.com · Cboe press release
Does Cboe still have a trading floor?
Yes. In 2022 it opened a new one in the CBOT Building, in the space where it was founded.
Source: Cboe press release, June 6, 2022
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