Mark Wetjen
American attorney
Mark P. Wetjen is an American lawyer and the President of Backpack US, a digital-assets trading platform.. He was previously a partner at the law firm, Dentons. In 2011, he was nominated by Barack Obama to serve a five-year term as a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). He also served for five months as acting chairman of the CFTC upon the departure of his predecessor, Gary Gensler.
He was the head of global policy at DTCC and CEO of MIAX Futures. He also was the head of policy and regulatory strategy at FTX US and in that role was a Washington adviser to Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of FTX, until FTX filed for bankruptcy and entered receivership.
Early life and education
Wetjen grew up in Dubuque, Iowa. He received a bachelor’s degree from Creighton University and then a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Iowa College of Law.
Career
After law school, Wetjen worked as a lawyer in private practice. He then worked for seven years in the United States Senate as a senior leadership staffer where he advised on financial services issues including the Consumer Protection Act of 2010 and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform.
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