The Red-Headed Bully From ‘A Christmas Story’ Is Now the CEO of a Stock Market for Sports Fans

It’s been 35 years since Ralphie declared that all he wanted for Christmas was a Red Ryder BB gun in the holiday classic A Christmas Story, and as every fan knows, the only thing he dreaded more than hearing, “You’ll shoot your eye out!” Scut Farkus, a yellow-eyed, raccoon-hat-wearing town bully, was his arch-nemesis.
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For actor Zack Ward, the days when he grabbed people’s arms and forced them to say uncle are long gone. As the CEO of the Global Finance Sports Financial Exchange, the world’s first stock market of sports teams, he helps lead a platform that allows fans to invest in their favorite teams and earn money each time they win.

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