shareholder
noun
share·hold·er
ˈsher-ˌhōl-dər 
: one that holds or owns a share in property
especially
: stockholder
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Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Short-seller CapitalWatch has issued an apology and revised its report accusing a major AppLovin shareholder of financial crimes.
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Lola Murti, CNBC, 9 Feb. 2026
Those initiatives often improved productivity and shareholder returns but left organizations structurally unprepared for markets shaped by fragmented attention, hyper-accelerated trend cycles, and nonlinear demand creation.
—Christopher Vollmer, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
LeBron James is a minority owner of Liverpool since 2011 while also being separately invested in AC Milan, and Kevin Durant became a minority shareholder in Paris Saint-Germain in 2024.
—Liam Twomey, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2026
Boards typically oppose activist shareholder proposals, but Costco’s board also made a case for why DEI was good for business.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
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Lola Murti, CNBC, 9 Feb. 2026
Those initiatives often improved productivity and shareholder returns but left organizations structurally unprepared for markets shaped by fragmented attention, hyper-accelerated trend cycles, and nonlinear demand creation.
—Christopher Vollmer, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
LeBron James is a minority owner of Liverpool since 2011 while also being separately invested in AC Milan, and Kevin Durant became a minority shareholder in Paris Saint-Germain in 2024.
—Liam Twomey, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2026
Boards typically oppose activist shareholder proposals, but Costco’s board also made a case for why DEI was good for business.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
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shareholder
noun
share·hold·er
-ˌhōl-dər
: one that owns or holds a share in property
especially
: stockholder
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