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shareholder

[shair-hohl-der] / ˈʃɛərˌhoʊl dər /
NOUN
stockholder
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He said he would leave the position by his 70th birthday at the end of July and remain chairman of the board of directors and Apollo’s largest shareholder.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

Black remains Apollo’s largest shareholder, with some 85 million shares worth around $11 billion these days.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

Cash generation was another key positive, and its higher dividend translated to 6% to 7% yield, reinforcing Cnooc’s appeal as a high-quality oil proxy with visible shareholder returns, it adds.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

The Del Vecchio family's Luxembourg-based holding company, Delfin, is the largest shareholder in the eyewear giant, with around 32.4 percent of its capital.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

He became Avant!’s single largest shareholder; he pressed management for changes.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Membership of Dol-llys, apart from those renting, is on a loan stock basis with the community being equal shareholders, and residents pay a monthly service charge for group expenses and projects.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

In one trading location at least, Anthropic has already hit the magic $2 trillion valuation that its shareholders and AI bulls were seeking as confirmation and vindiation of the whole AI ecosystem.

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

World Liberty hadn’t disclosed its shareholders in the public portion of its application, which it wasn’t required to do.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

The firm, known for its open-source "Qwen" AI models, has been ploughing tens of billions of dollars into the technology, with shareholders eager to see how it will monetise the huge investments.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

Eisman didn’t think so—and two weeks later persuaded a UBS analyst named Glenn Schorr to escort him to a small meeting between Edwards and Merrill Lynch’s biggest shareholders.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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