James H. Lee

It’s Bull vs. Bull: Texas Stock Exchange Launches Hard-Charging Campaign

by | Mar 2, 2026
"Welcome to the real bull market" shows how TXSE—the only national securities exchange built and headquartered in Texas—aims to challenge the New York-based listing duopoly by energizing competition in U.S. public markets. 
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Reports: Texas Stock Exchange Settles Trademark Dispute Over ‘TXSE’ as Backing Grows to $270 Million
by | Dec 16, 2025
The Dallas-based Texas Stock Exchange has resolved a trademark dispute with the Toronto Stock Exchange over its “TXSE” branding, The Texas Lawbook reported. Separately, Bloomberg reported that total funding for TXSE Group, the exchange’s parent company, has reached $270 million with new backing from Goldman and Bank of America.
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Y’all Street: TXSE Funding Surpasses $250M After New Round Adds J.P. Morgan Investment
by | Nov 3, 2025
As it looks toward its Q1 2026 launch of the Dallas-based Texas Stock Exchange, TXSE Group announced that J.P. Morgan has made an equity investment and will join TXSE Group's board of directors as an observer. Other top backers include Black Rock, Charles Schwab, and Citadel Securities.
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SEC Greenlights Texas Stock Exchange; TXSE Set to Launch in 2026
by | Sep 30, 2025
Dallas‑based TXSE has earned SEC approval to operate as a national exchange, aiming to begin trading by 2026. “Real competition for corporate listings in the United States has finally arrived,” said founder and CEO James H. Lee—and it’s coming from Y’all Street.
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Texas Stock Exchange Hires 3 ETP Veterans as It Targets $11 Trillion Market

by | Mar 13, 2025
"The ETP market is growing at an unprecedented pace," said TXSE chairman and CEO James H. Lee. "The Texas Stock Exchange is committed to delivering the innovation, operational expertise, and alignment that sponsors require to capitalize on this next wave of global expansion."
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The Last Word: TXSE Group’s James Lee On His Planned Launch of the Texas Stock Exchange
by | Jun 5, 2024
As we noted in our top story today, Lee's TXSE Group plans to launch the Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE), focused on Texas and the Southeast U.S.  The group says it will provide "a venue to trade and list public companies and the growing universe of exchange-traded products" as a "fully electronic, national securities exchange." That's caused buzz across the Lone Star State—and especially on Wall Street.
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Dallas Gets Bullish: Texas Stock Exchange To Launch with $120M, Locking Horns with NYSE & Nasdaq
by | Jun 5, 2024
Watch out, Wall Street—a Dallas-based stock exchange is bucking its way into U.S. equity capital markets. And it's already lined up around $120 million in funding from BlackRock, Citadel Securities, and other investors including "prominent business leaders from around the country."
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