Forge Global Hires Johnathan Short as Chief Legal Officer, Promotes Jose Cobos to President
July 15 2022 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Forge Global Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: FRGE) (“Forge”), a global
private securities marketplace, announced today it has hired
Johnathan H. Short as its Chief Legal Officer and promoted Jose
Cobos, Forge’s current Chief Operating Officer, to President.
“Johnathan Short’s deeply relevant experience at the
Intercontinental Exchange, guiding a burgeoning public exchange,
clearinghouse and data services group as it went from a private
company to a large public exchange group with operations across the
globe was incredibly attractive to Forge,” said Kelly Rodriques,
CEO of Forge. “His experience and leadership building and running
an impressive legal and regulatory organization for one of the
world’s most respected financial services companies, and his
experience in corporate governance, M&A, regulatory and
government affairs, is invaluable to Forge as we focus on our next
stage of growth to enable an accessible, liquid and transparent
private market.”
Mr. Short spent 14 years as General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary at the Intercontinental Exchange, as the public exchange,
clearinghouse and data services group grew to a $45 billion public
financial services company with domestic and international
operations. Mr. Short oversaw all aspects of ICE’s legal,
regulatory and government affairs functions during his tenure and
served on ICE’s senior management committee. He grew the legal
function from a two-person team when he joined ICE to a team of 75
legal and regulatory personnel.
Additionally, Jose Cobos was promoted to President of Forge,
overseeing Forge Markets, Data and Trust as well as operations, and
business and corporate development. Mr. Cobos joined Forge in 2019
and most recently served as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to
joining Forge, Mr. Cobos was Head of Technology Capital Markets at
NYSE from 2018 to 2019, a Managing Director at Cowen and Company
from 2011 to 2017, and a Principal at Piper Jaffray where he worked
from 2004 to 2011.
“Jose has been an instrumental leader for Forge as we
transitioned from private to public,” Rodriques said. “His
promotion to President is a manifestation of his hard work and
strategic shepherding of the operations of this business as we
achieve new milestones and continue to scale in the private
market.”
About Forge
Forge is a leading provider of marketplace infrastructure, data
services and technology solutions for private market participants.
By combining world-class trading technology and operating
expertise, Forge Markets enables private company shareholders to
trade private company shares with accredited investors. Forge
Company Solutions, Forge Data and Forge Trust along with Forge
Markets help provide additional transparency, access and solutions
that companies, institutional and accredited investors need to
confidently navigate and efficiently transact in the private
markets. Securities-related services are offered through Forge
Securities LLC (“Forge Securities”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Forge. Forge Securities is a registered Broker Dealer and Member of
FINRA/SIPC, an alternative trading system.
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