I think we might be misunderstanding eachother. :) I have no opinion on why companies are staying private. But, since they are.. there are big, private ESOP sc

I think we might be misunderstanding eachother. :) I have no opinion on why companies are staying private. But, since they are.. there are big, private ESOP schemes that exist. These lack liquidity. Google will return all sorts of brokers who "arrange liquidity discreetly." But, this is pretty limited, difficult to access, and comes with massive transaction costs. There's a big difference between a sanctioned and efficient way to buy and sell equity & brokers who can make a market for anything.