Please join us on Thursday, April 9, starting at 3 p.m. for a fireside chat and book signing featuring Dr. Richard Sandor, the CEO of Environmental Financial Products and the visionary known globally as the “Father of Financial Futures,” in the Brian Renee Murphy Forum of the Herbert Wertheim Center for Business Excellence.
A two-time Time magazine “Hero of the Planet,” Dr. Sandor will discuss his latest book, Carbon Hunters, and his pioneering work in climate markets and derivatives.
Thursday, April 9
3-4 p.m. Fireside Chat
4-5 p.m. Book Signing and Reception
Location: Herbert Wertheim Center for Business Excellence
Brian Renee Murphy Forum
The fireside chat will highlight Dr. Richard Sandor’s latest book, Carbon Hunters: Reflections and Forecasts of Climate Markets in the 21st Century (World Scientific, October 2025), which explores the development and future of global carbon markets. In addition, the fireside chat will explore Dr. Sandor’s work in derivatives and carbon trading before an open session for audience questions.
Dr. Sandor is CEO of Environmental Financial Products, which was the incubator to the Chicago Climate Exchange and other financial innovations. He also serves as the Aaron director lecturer in law and economics at the University of Chicago Law School and as an honorary professor at the School of Economics at Fudan University and the University of Hong Kong. He previously taught at the graduate and undergraduate levels at several U.S. universities and lectures widely throughout Europe and Asia. Known worldwide as the “Father of Financial Futures,” he was named a “Hero of the Planet” by Time magazine in 2002 and one of the magazine’s “Heroes of the Environment” in 2007. In October 2013, he was awarded the title of Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honor) in France, for his accomplishments in environmental finance and carbon trading.