Mark Uyeda
Mark Uyeda | |
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Official portrait, 2022 | |
| Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | |
Acting | |
| In office January 20, 2025 – April 21, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Gary Gensler |
| Succeeded by | Paul S. Atkins |
| Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | |
| Assumed office June 30, 2022 | |
| President | Joe Biden Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Elad L. Roisman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mark Toshiro Uyeda |
| Party | Republican |
| Education | Georgetown University (BS) Duke University (JD) |
Mark Toshiro Uyeda (Japanese: 上田 俊郎, born 1970) is an American attorney and government official. A member of the Republican Party, Uyeda has served as a Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) since June 30, 2022. Before becoming an SEC Commissioner, Uyeda served on the staff of the SEC for more than 15 years. He is the first Asian Pacific American to serve as a Commissioner of the SEC.
Uyeda was appointed acting chair of the SEC by President Donald Trump in 2025. During his tenure as chair, the SEC did not launch any new enforcement against cryptocurrency firms, while dismissing active cases against cryptocurrency firms. One of the cases that the SEC dropped was the fraud investigation into Binance, a company with substantial ties to the Trump family's businesses.