controlling interest

controlling interest definition - finance
Typically, an owner-ship interest of 50 percent or more of a companyÂ’s voting shares. In large corporations, however, a significantly smaller ownership interest may be enough to give the owner enough of an interest to exert significant control over how the company is managed.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
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