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minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 day agoThere are limits on shareholders in private companies. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/5/500-shareholder-threshold.asp Looks like the number is 2000, but that excludes employees. It used to be 500.
minus-squareNGram@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 day agoThat’s only a (USA) reporting limit. A private company can still have more than 2000 shareholders, but it must then publicly report its finances like a public company would.
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoFair… but why would any private company do that without going public? Do any?
minus-squarekossa@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-215 hours agoWhen you and your 2000 co-founders want to start a company? Then its 2001 shares. Reminds me of this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SYIksrZeu4
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-216 hours agoHe should gone ahead and taken out billions in loans against his company and got some cash in hand tax free.
There are limits on shareholders in private companies.
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/5/500-shareholder-threshold.asp
Looks like the number is 2000, but that excludes employees. It used to be 500.
That’s only a (USA) reporting limit. A private company can still have more than 2000 shareholders, but it must then publicly report its finances like a public company would.
Fair… but why would any private company do that without going public? Do any?
When you and your 2000 co-founders want to start a company? Then its 2001 shares.
Reminds me of this guy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SYIksrZeu4
He should gone ahead and taken out billions in loans against his company and got some cash in hand tax free.