Intercontinental Exchange is an American business and finance company founded on May 11, 2000 by Jeffrey Sprecher, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. It owns exchanges for financial and commodity markets, and operates 23 regulated exchanges and marketplaces including: ICE futures exchanges in the United States, Canada and Europe; Liffe futures exchanges in the US and Europe; the New York Stock Exchange; equity options exchanges; and OTC energy, credit and equity markets. ICE also owns and operates 6 central clearing houses; ICE Clear Europe, ICE Clear U.S., ICE Clear Canada, ICE Clear Singapore, ICE Clear Netherlands, ICE Clear Credit and The Clearing Corporation. ICE has offices in New York, London, Chicago, Houston, Winnipeg, Amsterdam, Calgary, Washington, D.C., San Francisco and Singapore.