# Heath Tarbert President and Chief Legal Officer · [Circle](https://www.circle.com/usyc) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/heath-tarbert-b2140a15/) [Company bio](https://www.circle.com/leadership) ## About Heath Tarbert serves as President and Chief Legal Officer at Circle. His career includes roles as Chief Legal Officer at Citadel Securities and as the 14th Chairman and Chief Executive of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. He previously held positions as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, U.S. Executive Director at the World Bank Group, and Associate White House Counsel. Tarbert earned a B.S. in Accounting and International Business from Mount St. Mary's University, a J.D. and S.J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, and an M.St. and D.Phil. in Comparative Law from the University of Oxford. ## Experience - President · Circle · 2025 – Present - Chief Legal Officer · Circle · 2023 – Present - Chief Legal Officer · Citadel Securities · 2021 – 2023 - 14th Chairman and Chief Executive · U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) · 2019 – 2021 - Assistant Secretary of the Treasury · U.S. Department of the Treasury - U.S. Executive Director · World Bank Group - Associate White House Counsel · The White House - Law clerk · Supreme Court of the United States ## Education - M.St. and D.Phil. in Comparative Law · University of Oxford - J.D. and S.J.D. · University of Pennsylvania - B.S. in Accounting and International Business · Mount St. Mary's University ## Assets on this site - [USYC US Yield Coin](https://galactic.inc/analytics/usyc/) ## Sources - [Circle: About Circle](https://www.circle.com/about-circle) - [Circle Internet Group 2026 proxy statement (SEC)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1876042/000187604226000112/crcl-20260401.htm)