private companies

North Texas’ Charles Schwab to Acquire Forge Global in $660M Deal, Aims to ‘Democratize Access’ to Private Markets

by | Nov 6, 2025
San Francisco-based Forge operates a premier private market platform and a leading trading marketplace through which investors have bought and sold more than $17 billion in private company shares. Charles Schwab CEO Rick Wurster said his company will use Forge's marketplace to "further democratize access to this increasingly important source of wealth creation for investors."
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forbes
North Texas Represented on Forbes’ List of America’s Largest Private Companies
by | Aug 16, 2017
Republic National Distributing Company, Mary Kay, and Neiman Marcus Group were among local companies named to the annual business list.
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Varidesk
Varidesk Stands Tall Atop SMU’s Dallas 100 List
by | Dec 1, 2016
The Coppell company has sold hundreds of thousands of the standing desks in more than 100 countries.
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