Howard W. Lutnick is Chairman & CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald L.P., one of the world’s leading financial services firms, and Chairman & CEO of BGC Partners Inc., a leading global brokerage and financial technology company. More details about his role at BGC Partners can be read here. Mr. Lutnick guided the rebuilding of Cantor Fitzgerald following the devastating September 11, 2001, World Trade Center attacks that claimed the lives of 658 of the firm’s 960 New York-based employees. Since then, Cantor has provided over $192 million to help the families of the firm’s employees who were lost on that day. Cantor and its affiliates now have over 12,000 employees globally. Since 9/11, Mr. Lu