1864-1900 Frigyes Kochmeister
Baron Frigyes Kochmeister (Sopron, 22 November 1816 - Budapest, 11 September 1907) was the first president of the Pesti Commodity and Stock Exchange, established in 1864.
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1900-1909 Zsigmond Kornfeld
Zsigmond Kornfeld (Goltsch-Jenikau, Czech Republic, 27 March 1852 - Budapest, 24 March 1909) was a banker, the CEO of the Hungarian General Credit Bank and the second president of the Budapest Commodity and Stock Exchange.
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1909-1918 Elemér Horváth
Elemér Horváth (Klopódia, 1858 - Budapest, 20 November 1930) was a lawyer, bank officer and the third president of the Budapest Commodity and Stock Exchange.
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1918-1931 Károly Végh
Károly Végh (Vienna, 2 October 1859 - Budapest, 3 February 1941) was an economist and the fourth president of the Budapest Commodity and Stock Exchange.
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1931-1939 Sándor Fleissig
Sándor Fleissig (Budapest, 4 June 1869 - Budapest, 5 May 1939): banker, fifth president of the Budapest Commodity and Stock Exchange.
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1939-1943 Richard Schmidt
Richárd Schmidt (Budapest, 1875 - Budapest, 14 June 1943), industrialist, sixth president of the Budapest Commodity and Stock Exchange.
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1943-1944 Ferenc Marschall
Ferenc Marschall (Timisoara, 2 October 1887 - Budapest, 23 January 1970) agricultural politician, Minister of Agriculture, seventh President of the Budapest Commodity and Stock Exchange.
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1945-1948 Gyula Walder
Dr. Gyula Walder, Legal Counsel, Director of the MNB, and the last Chairman of the Budapest Commodity and Stock Exchange.
"What is needed is a serious, persistent will on the part of each of us, directed to visit, use and animate the young institution frequently, perhaps at first with some sacrifice of our habits, our desires and our interests."
Baron Frigyes Kochmeister (1816-1907)
President of the BSE (1864-1900)"As regards freedom of action, our institution desires nothing more than to do what is in the interest of the country as a whole, and to be free from any unilateral tendency, as it has been far from seeking to cultivate its own interests at the expense of the common good. "
Baron Zsigmond Kornfeld (1852-1909)
President of the BSE (1900-1909)"Our poor mother, this dismembered Hungary is sick, seriously sick, and let us put aside all other interests, real or apparent, and keep in mind the only point of view: what is necessary, what is good for our poor, sick mother: Hungary."