Global Shares is a fintech company headquartered In Clonakilty, Ireland, managing employee equity plans for startups, tech companies and enterprise brands.

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Global Shares

Global Shares Company Logo
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Fintech Software
Founded	2005; 19 years ago (2005) in Clonakilty, Ireland
Founder	Tim Houston
Headquarters	Clonakilty, Ireland
Number of locations	18 (2022)
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Mark Purcell (Chief Product Officer) John Meehan (Global Business Development Director)
Products	Enterprise Platform Growth Platform
Services	Equity compensation administration
Number of employees	646 (2022)
Parent	JPMorgan Chase
Website	www.globalshares.com

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Its platform provides equity management and administration solutions to corporate clients and their employees. The company is regulated under MiFID and FINRA with around 650 staff members and 18 offices in the US, the UK, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Malta, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, Japan and China.

The company was listed in the top 30 medium-sized Best Workplaces in Ireland in 2021 (rank 17)^[1] and 2022 (rank 25)^[2]

In March 2022, JPMorgan Chase agreed to acquire Global Shares,^[3][4] with the acquisition closing in August 2022.

Global Shares software platform provides trading, financial reporting, business intelligence reporting, global compliance, employee portal, capitalisation table management and scenario modelling.

In 2005, Global Shares was founded as a service-based company.

In 2017, the company won the Deloitte 'FinTech Company of the Year' award^[5]

In 2018, the company increased employee headcount and expands to Spain, Japan, and the US.^{[citation needed]}

In 2020, Tim Houstoun (CEO) was announced as a finalist in the EY Entrepreneur of the year award.^[6] In the same year, the company launched a new version of its product and won the 'Company of the Year Award 2020 - IT' ^[7]

In 2021, Global Shares was listed in the top 30 medium-sized Best Workplaces™ in Ireland. The company was also the winner of Technology Ireland’s ‘Company of the Year 2021’^[8]

In 2022, JPMorgan Chase acquired Global Shares for €665 million.^[9] For a second year, the company was listed as one of the Best Workplaces in Ireland.^[2]