Jane Street employees paid $9.4bn in 2025
Trading firm brought in record $40bn amid financial market volatility
Trading firm brought in record $40bn amid financial market volatility

Results cement proprietary trading firm as one of the most profitable on Wall Street

Record haul surpasses investment banks which once dominated Wall Street

We use some proprietary data, an iPhone calculator and a ton of assumptions to find out

New York trading firm has rapidly grown to rival Wall Street’s biggest banks

Companies are also watering down ESG elements of pay plans as boards reassess whether such awards ‘make sense’

But it relies on a host of rosy assumptions going in investors’ favour