Mr. Stanley, 39, is an independent trader of commodities, primarily natural gas, in Norwalk.
He built the business, starting as a trader of motorcycle parts.
Floor trader, of course, has long been the archetypal job on stock exchanges.
Moreover, South Africa has form as a trader of products from endangered species.
The company was the largest trader of palm oil in the world, selling in Europe, China, and India.
America's Cargill, the world's biggest trader of raw foodstuffs, tripled its profits in the second quarter of its fiscal year.
A June 2010 segment on France 24 described Mr. Rastani as "a London stock market trader of Italo-Iranian origin".
The bridegroom, 29, is a trader of securities at Blue Ridge Capital, a hedge fund, in Tarrytown, N.Y.
"And we are in the middle," says Alberto Weisser, the boss of Bunge, a trader of agricultural commodities.
In the assessment of Chandler Bocklage, one of his longtime deputies, Cohen is "the greatest trader of all time".
Chase is the biggest trader of Euromark contracts at the exchange, claiming a 6-7% market share.
