We are pleased to announce the GRAND PRIZE WINNER of the NYSE Financial Future Challenge!

From left: Ron Packard, CEO, K12, Fabian Han, Winner of NYSE Financial Future Challenge, Norman Goldstein, CEO, BKFK, Duncan Niederauer, CEO, NYSE Euronext
   

12-year-old Fabian and his parents were flown to New York City for a special ceremony at NYSE on January 11, 2010.

The NYSE Euronext CEO Duncan L. Niederauer, K12 CEO Ron Packard, and BKFK CEO Norm Goldstein presented Fabian with his award of $2500 at the NYSE board room. Fabian took that opportunity to really impress them by handing out his business card and explaining his application and how he came up with it. NYSE and K12 will work with Fabian and BKFK to help get his new company off the ground.

As the grand prize winner, Fabian also got the opportunity to ring the closing bell. Fabian and his parents, along with Niederauer, Packard, Goldstein, and NYSE Floor Governors, were on the podium of the trading floor to close the markets for the day. You can watch the video of the closing bell below:


        


CNN Interviews Fabian - LIVE on the floor of the stock exchange

From Conroe, TX, 12-year-old Fabian won the NYSE Financial Future Challenge with "Oink-a-Saurus," an Apple iPhone/iPod Touch app combines profiler, which learns about your interests by tracking your web browsing & buying habits through UPC (bar code) reader and a what-if scenario creator showing what if you saved/ invested in stocks rather than spending your money. The game also includes a social network, showing stock selections and ideas of teens matching your profile, and a news service providing teen-friendly investing info, as well as a link to a teen-friendly stock broker.

"Many kids spend huge amounts of money on things they don't need when they should be saving/investing for their future, such as college," says Fabian. "My idea will allow them to go from buying a favorite thing to learning about the company that makes it, to news/research about the company, to buying/selling that company's shares in a stock market simulator, and ultimately, for real."  

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NYSE Financial Future Challenge. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Entry open to legal residents of 50 U.S., D.C. and U.S. territories and protectorates from ages 6 to 19, subject to parent/guardian consent. Develop and submit concepts for teaching kids about the stock market at www.bkfk.com beginning at 12:00 Noon ET on 06-01-08 through 12:00 Noon ET on 09-30-09. One National grand prize winner will be awarded $2,500 and a trip to New York City to be celebrated at a NYSE event. ARV of all prizes is approximately $5,000. Void where prohibited. Subject to full Official Rules at the BKFK site. Sponsored by United Inventors Association, Henrietta, NY and co-Sponsored and Administered The By Kids For Kids Company, Stamford, CT. Presented by NYSE Foundation and K12.