Work and business / C1

SHAIRH-ohld-uh/ˈʃeəhəʊldə/

A shareholder owns shares in a company: a majority shareholder, shareholder value. An investor is wider (bonds, funds); an owner of a private firm may not issue shares; the public is not automatically a shareholder. Stake (this batch) is the interest at risk. Do not treat a glossy deck as ethics approval.

Meaning

A person or body that owns shares in a company.

Examples

• “A shareholder briefing is not an ethics approval, however glossy the deck.”
• “Investor is wider. A stakeholder can be staff, students, or neighbours — not only capital. A share is the unit. A slide pack is comms. Ethics still wants a dated form and a named n.”

Good to know

Someone who owns a slice of a firm. Wider: investor. Contrast: stakeholder (not only capital). A deck is not ethics.

Near in meaning

investor

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