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James Lee

Founder, chairman and CEO of TXSE Group.

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Updated Nov 8, 2026·Latest SEC filing Nov 6, 2026·Suggest an edit

About James Lee

James Lee is founder, chairman and CEO of TXSE Group. Its wholly owned Texas Stock Exchange is an electronic national securities exchange based in Dallas. He also serves as chairman and CEO of the exchange. He is a director of TXSE Group and serves on the Texas Stock Exchange board. Lee is chairman and president of Houston Symphony Endowment. He has 30 years of experience across U.S. equity markets, alternative investments and governance of public retirement systems and endowments.

Lee co-founded trading technology companies that built early smart-order routing tools. He also co-founded an electronic trading firm that handled large shares of daily U.S. equity volume. He began his career in mergers and acquisitions at First Boston and Lehman Brothers. His public service includes former chairmanship of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas board. He won an EY Entrepreneur of the Year award in eServices. He holds an MBA and BBA from UT Austin's McCombs School and completed London Business School finance and hedge-fund programs. He also holds multiple FINRA licenses and certifications.

Experience

This experience comes from official bios and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name James Lee in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

TXSE Group Inc. Current
Chairman and CEO
Chairman, Founder, and CEO
2024 – Present · Dallas, TX
TXSE Group serves issuers, investors and market participants through a national exchange and an independent analytics platform.
Texas Stock Exchange Current
Chairman and CEO
Houston Symphony Endowment Current
chairman and president
First Boston
Lehman Brothers
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
chairman of the Board of Trustees

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people James Lee works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

TXSE Group Inc. · Form D, Nov 6, 2026
TL
Thomas Long
Director
Tyson Tuttle
Tyson Tuttle
Director
JP
James Perry
Director
Paul Foster
Paul Foster
Director
RR
Jeffrey Brown
Jeffrey Brown
Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel
Rick Yoder
Rick Yoder
Chief Technology Officer
Cameron Smith
Cameron Smith
Global Head of Trading and Co-President
Rob Marrocco
Rob Marrocco
Global Head, Exchange Traded Products
Mathew Verghese
Mathew Verghese
Executive Vice President
GF
Greg Ferrari
Chief Operating Officer
JG
Jaime Gow
Chief Financial Officer

James Lee in the News

Sources

  1. SECTXSE Group Inc. Form D, filed Nov 6, 2026
  2. P1TXSE Group Announces Equity Investment from State Street
  3. P7TXSE governance