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By replacing paper stock certificates and spreadsheets with a single platform, Ward built the ownership infrastructure now used by 40,000 companies to manage $3 trillion in equity — making Carta indispensable plumbing for the entire private market ecosystem.
Henry Ward founded Carta (originally eShares) in 2012 to replace paper stock certificates and spreadsheets with software.
The platform now manages over $3 trillion in equity for more than 40,000 companies and two million stakeholders, handling 409A valuations, option grants, fund administration, and secondary transactions through CartaX. Carta was most recently valued at over $7 billion.
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