shareholder:
(also called ‘stockholder‘, especially in American English; plural: ‘shareholders‘; for the right pronunciation of shareholder, please click here & for the right pronunciation of stockholder, please click here)
a person who has at least one ‘share’/’stock’, an amount of money given as investment/capital to run the business, and gets profit (or loss) in that business,
shareholders of a public company, having a meeting with its CEO
Being a shareholder in the company, Jose always follows the company’s activities and operations in the news and attends the periodic meetings without fail.
It’s surprising to learn that many major companies have other major companies as shareholders and have a say in the running of the day to day affairs of the companies; for example, Renault, a major car manufacturing company, is known to have minor shares in Volvo Car Corporation, another major car manufacturer.
The chairman of a company is responsible to the board of directors, shareholders, stakeholders, employees and customers in all the activities of a public company.
