majority shareholder
Dominant stock owner
A majority shareholder owns more than half of a company's voting shares, giving them controlling interest in corporate decisions.
This position allows electing board members and directing company policy.
As majority shareholder, she could block any merger she opposed.
The term sometimes loosely describes anyone with a dominant ownership stake, even if technically below fifty percent.
- controllingExerting authority over others
- stakeSharpened post or share
- skin in the gamePersonal risk in outcome
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- boardroomCorporate decision venue
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- buyersbuyers, buyer, purchasers, purchaser, homebuyers
- corporate governanceboard, board members, board chair, board meeting, chairman
majority shareholderminority shareholder
Owner lacking voting control
retail investor · small investor · silent partner · passive investor
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