Majority shareholder

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Updated: Aug 20, 2021

A shareholder who owns a majority of the voting shares of a company. This gives control of the appointment of the company’s directors, and the final say on company policy.

Reference: Oxford Press Dictonary of Economics, 5th edt.


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