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R. K. Weekes

Robert Doughty Weeks was an American banker who served as a founder and president of the New York Stock Exchange.

Lived
1874–1854
Nationality
American
Language
English

Robert Doughty Weeks (1795–1854) was an American banker who played a key role in the development of the American financial system. He is best known as one of the founders of the New York Stock Exchange, where he also served as president.

Operating in the first half of the nineteenth century, Weeks was a prominent figure in early American finance, helping to establish the structures that would govern the nation's primary securities market.