Joseph Louis Searles III (January 2, 1942 – July 26, 2021) was the first black floor member and floor broker in the New York Stock Exchange.
[1] Searles was born in Asheville, North Carolina.
[2] He subsequently became an aide to New York mayor John Lindsay.
[3][4] He worked as a floor partner in the firm of Neuberger, Loeb and Company.
He later earned a law degree from Georgetown University.