majority shareholder

majority shareholder definition - finance
A shareholder who owns 51 percent or more of a companyÂ’s stock. A large publicly traded company may have no majority shareholder. In that case, the majority shareholder may be someone with a significantly smaller percentage but who exerts effective control or influence over the company.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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