From Néstor Kirchner to Javier Milei: the presidents who rang the bell on Wall Street

However, the libertarian leader was not the first president to go to the headquarters of the most important market in the world, since both Carlos Menem as Nestor Kirchner They also passed by there.

The current one NYSE It began operations in 1972, replacing the first Stock Exchange. The traditional chime of Wall Street It has its origin in 1871when a catheter was placed in the operating room Chinese gong, whose sound indicated the beginning of negotiations, although in 1903 they changed the musical instrument for a Campaignwhich is the one that the president sounded this Monday.

Argentine presidents who spent time on Wall Street

From the first half of the 20th century Various personalities from the world of diplomacy and finance began to be invited, and with them, also Argentine presidents. This is how Carlos Saul Menem He visited the main market at the end of 1989, but he attended the closing ceremony, not the opening.

“Argentina is currently becoming one of the countries with excellent possibilities, with a great future as long as we Argentines understand the need for a somewhat extended sacrifice of about three years; and we are going to consolidate this situation of prosperity that we are experiencing.”said the former president shortly after beginning his second term.

The immediate antecedent of an Argentine president ringing the opening bell in Wall Street belongs to Nestor Kirchner. He did it in 2006in the company of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchnerwho was a senator at the time, and Alberto Fernandez, who served as Chief of Staff.

Kirchner’s visit, in the last year of his presidency, marked “Argentina’s return to a place it should never have lost,” Ámbito Financiero headlined in its paper edition, in what was a literal phrase from the meeting of the former president with the businessmen with whom he met.

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Néstor Kirchner in 2006, when he had the opportunity to ring the bell on the New York parquet floor.

For his part, the former president Mauricio Macri visited the headquarters of the New York Stock Exchange, although did not ring the bell on Wall Street, but he did meet with members of the Board of Directors.

Other Argentines who had the chance to play the “Opening Bell” were the businessmen: Paolo Roccaof Ternium when the company went public on the NYSE, while Jorge Brito He did the same when he presented the titles of the Macro Bank. Marcos Galperin opened in 2017 when Mercado Libre shares hit Wall Street, and Julio Supervielle In 2016, the last one was Gonzalo Pascual MerloCEO of BYMA, at the August opening.

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Carlos Menem, at the end of 1989, participated in the closing of the day on Wall Street.