controlling interest
noun
: sufficient stock ownership in a corporation to exert control over policy
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Insight Partners took a controlling interest in Recorded Future in 2019 in an all-cash deal that valued the company at more than $780 million.
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Bill Hardekopf, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
Oscar winning producer and distributor Voltage Pictures has taken a major step in its expansion strategy by acquiring a controlling interest in the international sales and finance company The Exchange.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025
The former couple purchased a controlling interest in Chateau Miraval, a French company comprising a home and a vineyard in the South of France, in 2008 before getting married on the property years later.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 31 Dec. 2024
The rule will also streamline the application process for people who previously held H-1B visas and allow some people with controlling interest in petitioning organizations to themselves apply for the visa.
—Rafael Bernal, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024
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Bill Hardekopf, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
Oscar winning producer and distributor Voltage Pictures has taken a major step in its expansion strategy by acquiring a controlling interest in the international sales and finance company The Exchange.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025
The former couple purchased a controlling interest in Chateau Miraval, a French company comprising a home and a vineyard in the South of France, in 2008 before getting married on the property years later.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 31 Dec. 2024
The rule will also streamline the application process for people who previously held H-1B visas and allow some people with controlling interest in petitioning organizations to themselves apply for the visa.
—Rafael Bernal, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Controlling interest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/controlling%20interest. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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