Javier Loya

Javier Loya is Chairman and Co-CEO of commodities broker OTC Global Holdings (OTCGH), a company he co-founded in 2007 and has led to become the largest independent interdealer brokerage in the world. Javier is also the founder and Chairman of GETCHOICE, a national energy software company founded in 2002, and which empowers clients to become smarter and greener by providing technology-based energy, telecom, and utility management services.

Javier was recognized by the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce as “Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2002, and in 2007 was honored by the Greater Houston Partnership as an “Emerging Leader.” In 2004, the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce named Javier Loya its “Hispanic Businessman of the Year” and in the same year he received the John Jay Award for distinguished professional achievement from Columbia University. In 2010, Javier received the prestigious Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” award, one of the business world’s highest honors. Additionally, Javier served on the Board of Regents for Texas Southern University from 2007-2009 and on the Board of Directors for several charitable organizations across Houston.

OTCGH has been named to the Houston Chronicle’s “Chron 100” list of the top privately-held companies multiple times, in addition to being named the “fastest growing company in Houston” by the Houston Business Journal in 2008. The company has been selected five times “Broker of the Year” by Energy Risk in 2011, 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2022, recognizing its excellence among peers across the globe.