In 1997, Cromwell Coulson led a group of value investors to acquire OTC Markets' predecessor business — the Pink Sheets / National Quotation Bureau — from Commerce Clearing House. He has since transformed it from a privately-held publisher of broker-dealer quotations into a publicly-traded company operating three public markets (OTCQX, OTCQB, Pink) for roughly 12,000 securities that trade nearly $445 billion annually. He is a persistent advocate for improving capital formation, a diverse broker-dealer ecosystem, and better-informed investors.
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