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Can anyone overthrow Steam on PC? "As long as Valve is independent and not a publicly traded company," analyst says it looks impossible (www.gamesradar.com)
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[–] 3 points 2 days ago* (6 children)

i think in private corporations only a very limited amount of shareholders can have shares

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  • [–] 4 points 2 days ago (5 children)

    If they are shareholders, they hold at least one share. Every one of them. There's no limit on number of shareholders or shares held. But those shares are not publicly traded.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 days ago* (4 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 days ago* (3 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (2 children)

    Fair... but why would any private company do that without going public? Do any?

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