holding company
noun
: a company whose primary business is holding a controlling interest in the securities of other companies compare investment company
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National Amusements, the family’s holding company, owns her stake in Paramount with 77 percent of preferential voting shares but roughly five percent of common stock.
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Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 May 2024
Ellison has teamed up with investment firms RedBird Capital Partners and KKR to make a bid to acquire Paramount controlling shareholder Shari Redstone’s National Amusements holding company.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
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Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 May 2024
Ellison has teamed up with investment firms RedBird Capital Partners and KKR to make a bid to acquire Paramount controlling shareholder Shari Redstone’s National Amusements holding company.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
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“Holding company.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/holding%20company. Accessed 10 May. 2024.
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