Murray Roberts Ballou (July 21, 1840 – April 28, 1914) was an American financier who led the Boston Stock Exchange from 1870 to 1900.
[1] Ballou attended the school of Epes Sargent Dixwell from the ages of 12 to 14 then was tutored by Luther Farnham and Sidney Willard successively.
Their eldest son, Maturin Howland Ballou, died on May 15, 1898.
[3] In 1865, Ballou founded a stock brokerage with classmate Benjamin Crowninshield Mifflin.
The BSE also began using a stock ticker during Ballou's tenure as president.