minority shareholder

noun [C] (also minority stockholder) FINANCE, STOCK MARKET

Definition

› a person or organization that owns fewer shares in a company than the controlling shareholder: minority shareholder rights Majority owners will be forced to allow minority shareholders to nominate a director to the firm's board. The group is now negotiating to buy out minority shareholders.

(Definition of minority shareholder noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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