title: Werner Seifert
text: # Werner Seifert
  
  Werner Seifert (born 4 July 1949) is a Swiss businessman and the former chief executive of the German Stock Exchange.
  
  ## Career
  
  ### German Stock Exchange
  
  He formed the Eurex Exchange in 1998; the UK equivalent is LIFFE (London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange). He formed the Xetra (trading system). He tried to merge the German Stock Exchange with the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in 2000, and to take it over in 2005.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  He is a musician and plays the piano. He likes British sports cars.
  
  