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timberwolf0122 t1_j9folig wrote

Reply to comment by Silver-Armadillo-479 in Amazon Corporate Workers Face Pay Reduction After Shares Slip by brooklynlad

Because every company has shareholders/s

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Silver-Armadillo-479 t1_j9fouaw wrote

Yes every company does. Even private companies. Money/capital has to come from somewhere to start. A single owner is a shareholder...

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timberwolf0122 t1_j9foxqj wrote

That’s not quite the same as a publically traded company when one thinks of shares now is it

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Silver-Armadillo-479 t1_j9fqngo wrote

It's the same concept, regardless of your claimed minute differences.

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timberwolf0122 t1_j9gkcnd wrote

Well, no. A privately held business doesn’t have to make a bunch of randos with an E*trade account happy.

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Silver-Armadillo-479 t1_j9gl6e3 wrote

The privately owned business usually still has investors. Almost nobody has enough capital on their own to create a large business without raising capital.

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