Forge Global Announces Appointment of Greg Lee to Head the Forge Trading & Data Platform

April 24, 2025 at 16:15 PM EDT

Forge Global Holdings, Inc. (“Forge”) (NYSE: FRGE), a leading provider of marketplace infrastructure, data services, and technology and investment solutions for the private market, today announced it has hired Greg Lee to lead its trading and data platform business. In this role, Mr. Lee will oversee trading, execution and go-to-market for the next generation of Forge’s integrated platform.

Mr. Lee’s experience includes more than two decades of leadership across global financial institutions, with deep expertise in electronic trading, product innovation, and market infrastructure transformation. As Managing Director at Paxos, he pioneered competitive clearing solutions to challenge entrenched systems like NSCC/DTCC. His tenure at Barclays was marked by driving substantial growth in electronic and algorithmic trading, and leading strategic investment in cross-asset platforms, data science, and market-leading trading technologies.

“With a strong foundation in both traditional and digital financial systems, Greg is exceptionally well-equipped to lead Forge’s automated trading and data platform acceleration, bridging cutting-edge innovation with proven commercial strategy,” said Kelly Rodriques, CEO of Forge. “Greg has served as a management consultant to Forge over the past several months and his strategic insight and deep understanding of our vision gives us great confidence in the value he can deliver for our business as we launch into our next phase of growth.”

About Forge

Forge (NYSE: FRGE) is a leading provider of marketplace infrastructure, data services and technology and investment solutions for the private market. Forge Securities LLC is a registered broker-dealer and a member of FINRA that operates an alternative trading system.

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