Career
The career of Javier Loya
Three decades in energy and commodities brokerage, from Choice Energy in 1994 to building OTC Global Holdings and its acquisition by BGC Group in 2025.
1991 · Education
Loya graduated from Columbia University in 1991.
His later recognition from Columbia includes the John Jay Award in 2004 and Ivy Football Association distinguished-graduate honors in 2017.
1994 · Choice Energy
Loya and two partners founded Choice Energy in Houston, an institutional natural gas brokerage.
Choice Energy later became one of the six brokerages brought together in OTC Global Holdings.
2007 · Founding
Loya co-founded OTC Global Holdings, uniting Choice Energy with five other independent brokerages.
He served as chairman and CEO during the company's growth. The model pooled resources while preserving the individual brokerage teams.
2009 · Technology
OTC Global Holdings entered electronic brokering through EOX Holdings and its web-based EOXLive platform.
The platform combined electronic trading with voice brokerage. Columbia's 2017 profile described OTC as the world's largest independent interdealer brokerage, serving more than 450 institutional clients.
2025 · Acquisition
On April 1, 2025, BGC Group completed its acquisition of OTC Global Holdings for $325 million in a substantially all-cash transaction.
BGC described OTC as one of the world's fastest growing energy and commodities brokerage firms. The deal made energy, commodities and shipping BGC's largest asset class.
Today · Current
Loya founded and chairs GETCHOICE!, which provides energy, telecom and utility management solutions.
A GETCHOICE-issued release published in October 2025 reported his participation in White & Case's Collective Heritage panel, hosted with its Alianza Leaders affinity group. His published commentary covers energy infrastructure, Texas and Hispanic business leadership.