Webull

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Webull
Company type Privately held company
Industry Financial services
FoundedMay 24, 2017;6 years ago (2017-05-24) [1] [2]
FoundersWang Anquan [3]
Headquarters
St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. [4]
Key people
Anthony Denier (President) [5] [6]
Products Electronic trading platform
Services Stockbroker
OwnerWang Anquan [7]
General Atlantic [8]
Coatue Management
[9] Lightspeed Venture Partners [10]
J. Rothschild Capital Management [11]
Gopher Asset Management
Website www.webullcorp.com

Webull Corporation is a holding company incorporated in the Cayman Islands and headquartered in New York. Its subsidiaries operate an electronic trading platform, accessible via mobile app and desktop computer, offering commission-free and low-cost trading of stocks, exchange traded funds, options, margins, fixed income, and futures. [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] Its U.S.-based subsidiary, Webull Financial LLC, is a security broker registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and a member of FINRA and SIPC, offering trading services to customers in the U.S. It also has licensed subsidiaries offering trading services in Hong Kong and Singapore.

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Webull is owned by Hunan Fumi Information Technology, [18] a Chinese holding company that has received backing from Xiaomi, Shunwei Capital, and other private equity investors in China. [19] [20]

History

On May 24, 2017, Webull Financial LLC was established as a Delaware limited liability company [20] by Wang Anquan, a former employee of Alibaba Group. [7] [21] A year later, in May 2018, the company released its mobile app for iOS and Android. [22] In May 2020, the company received SEC approval to launch a robo-advisor on its platform. [23]

By August 2020, the platform had over 11 million registered users, and in October 2020, it had 750,000 daily active users. [24] [25]

In November 2020, Webull began supporting cryptocurrency transactions. [26]

On January 28, 2021, Webull halted buy orders for stocks affected by the GameStop short squeeze, [27] but reversed course and allowed buy orders starting at 2:35 pm that day. [28] On that day, Webull recorded its highest-ever number of active daily users at 952,000. [29] That week, approximately 1.2 million people downloaded the Webull mobile app. [30]

In June 2021, Webull began talks of an initial public offering to raise up to $400 million. [31] [32]

In September 2021, the Brooklyn Nets and New York Liberty entered into a global multi-year agreement with Webull and the company became the official jersey patch partner for the Nets. [33] Terms of the agreement for the jersey patch weren't announced, but people familiar with the agreement told CNBC that it is a multi-year pact that pays the Nets roughly $30 million per year. [34]

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