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The appointments of Greg Ferrari, formerly of Nasdaq, as COO and of Liz Hocker, formerly of NYSE Texas, as global head of listings and capital markets highlight TXSE's "robust momentum" as it prepares to come online later this year, the company said.
Texas Stock Exchange Snags Key Leaders From Nasdaq and NYSE
by Sandra Engelland | Mar 24, 2026
The appointments of Greg Ferrari, formerly of Nasdaq, as COO and of Liz Hocker, formerly of NYSE Texas, as global head of listings and capital markets highlight TXSE's "robust momentum" as it prepares to come online later this year, the company said.
by Quincy Preston |
Jan 13, 2026
Donna Letier took her gardening-as-wellness message to Times Square on Jan. 9.
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 20, 2025
At a private dinner at the Petroleum Club ahead of the Venture Dallas Startup Awards—and just weeks before Nasdaq announced its new Nasdaq Texas exchange—Rachel Racz delivered a message that landed in a room full of high-growth founders.
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![Among the leaders of the 2025 Venture Dallas Startup of the Year winners are BILT Inc. President and COO Ahmed Qureshi and Chairman and CEO Nate Henderson; Worlds CEO Dave Copps; and StableCore CEO Alex Treece and COO Nick Elledge. [Composite image: DI Studio]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Venture-Dallas-2025-Startup-of-the-Year-Award-360x203.jpeg)
by Quincy Preston |
Nov 20, 2025
Breakout winners—and a $2B VC year—show how far the region’s ecosystem has come. Here are the 2025 winners and honorees, plus takeaways from a private dinner with Susser Bank and Nasdaq executives at the Petroleum Club.
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Left to right: Aaron Pierce, Co-founder and Chairman, Venture Dallas; Rachel Racz, Head of Listings for Texas, Southern U.S. and Latin America, Nasdaq; Sam L. Susser, Chairman and CEO, Susser Bank
Venture Dallas Hosts Startup of the Year Semi-Finalists at Petroleum Club
by Venture Dallas | Oct 23, 2025
Top executives at Nasdaq and Susser Bank celebrated high-growth potential companies contributing to region’s rise in entrepreneurship and innovation
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by David Seeley |
Jun 24, 2025
With "Y'all Street" gaining momentum by the day, now there's a way to buy into nearly 200 Texas companies with a single ETF. And dozens of North Texas companies are included in TEXN, BlackRock's new exchange-traded fund.
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by Quincy Preston and David Seeley |
Jun 18, 2025
The North Texas-based precision oncology firm raised $494 million in its IPO. Founder David Halbert is now a newly minted biotech billionaire worth an estimated $3.3 billion, Forbes reports.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 12, 2025
Donna Guy brings more than 25 years of experience in financial leadership across public and private companies to her new position.
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Parker, a sitting lawmaker who currently chairs the Texas Senate Republican Caucus, will serve in his personal capacity, bringing nearly two decades of policy experience alongside a background in entrepreneurship, investment, capital markets, and infrastructure strategy.
North Texas-Based Southland Holdings Adds Tan Parker to Board, Citing Public and Private-Sector Experience
by Quincy Preston | Jun 2, 2025
Parker, a sitting lawmaker who currently chairs the Texas Senate Republican Caucus, will serve in his personal capacity, bringing nearly two decades of policy experience alongside a background in entrepreneurship, investment, capital markets, and infrastructure strategy.
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 22, 2025
The May 22 conference marks the 10th anniversary of the US-India Chamber of Commerce's flagship tech event, now featuring a new name and high-profile speakers from healthcare "double" unicorn ShiftKey and AI unicorn Kore.ai. Investor and CIO panels include leaders from the Mark Cuban Companies, AT&T Ventures, Amazon Business, and Fortune 10 Cencora.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 19, 2025
With the Texas Stock Exchange slated to launch trading in 2026 and the New York Stock Exchange planning its own launch of NYSE Texas, the Nasdaq is setting up its own home on Y'all Street. Yesterday the Nasdaq held a luncheon in Dallas honoring Ross Perot Jr. for his contributions to the thriving Texas economy—and announced that it will be opening a new regional headquarters in Dallas.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 12, 2025
In a move that serves to counter the planned launch of the Texas Stock Exchange, the NYSE said it will reincorporate NYSE Chicago in Texas and rename it NYSE Texas, with headquarters in Dallas. The news set both Wall Street and Y'all Street buzzing, with Gov. Greg Abbott saying the launch will "cement our great state as an economic powerhouse on the global stage."
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On May 20, 2024, Sow Good co-founder and then-CEO Claudia Goldfarb (center in pink) and her husband, Co-Founder and then-Executive Chairman Ira Goldfarb (beside her in light blue tie), rang the opening bell at Nasdaq. [Photo: Nasdaq]
The Last Word: Sow Good’s Ira Goldfarb on Ringing the Opening Bell at Nasdaq
by David Seeley | May 20, 2024
Decades ago, Goldfarb's father rang the opening bell for his G-III Apparel Group, an American clothing company that designs, manufactures, markets, and sells women's and men's apparel with a global portfolio of licensed, owned, and private label brands. Today, the executive chairman of Irving-based Sow Good carried on the family tradition by ringing the opening bell at Nasdaq in New York's Times Square with Co-Founder and CEO Claudia Goldfarb and their team.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 6, 2023
Dallas-based Apex Fintech Solutions has appointed Chantal Wessels as chief financial officer, succeeding Chris Springer, who will transition to strategic finance adviser, after a successful four-year tenure leading the company....
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by David Seeley |
Jun 15, 2023
In the wake of Dallas-based RecNation's securing a $500M debt facility to supercharge its national expansion of its recreational storage and rental service, founder and CEO Gary Wojtaszek gave a playful hint of things to come on LinkedIn.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 12, 2023
Spectral MD Holdings, founded over a decade ago, is a predictive analytics company focused on wound care treatment. It plans to delist from the AIM market and list on Nasdaq via a SPAC merger, operating as Spectral AI. The company’s AI-enabled FDA Breakthrough Designated DeepView platform uses AI algorithms and "difficult-to-duplicate" imaging technology to provide healing assessments.
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