controlling interest
noun
: sufficient stock ownership in a corporation to exert control over policy
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Starbucks expects the total value of its China retail business to exceed $13 billion, which includes proceeds from the sale of a controlling interest in the joint venture to Boyu as well as the value of Starbucks retained interest in the venture.
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CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
The firm previously represented Michele Kang in her 2022 purchase of controlling interest in the Spirit and advised on both the Seattle Sounders’ investment in the NWSL’s Seattle Reign and the purchase of the San Diego Wave by Lauren Leichtman and Arthur Levine.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Milstein’s Emigrant Bank financed the deal, effectively giving him a controlling interest in the brand built on Nicklaus’s name and image.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
The increasing power of the TV business – later a dominant business at Warner Bros. - contributed to the Warners selling their controlling interest in the 1950s, although Jack remained the company’s largest shareholder and President until 1969.
—Howard Homonoff, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
The firm previously represented Michele Kang in her 2022 purchase of controlling interest in the Spirit and advised on both the Seattle Sounders’ investment in the NWSL’s Seattle Reign and the purchase of the San Diego Wave by Lauren Leichtman and Arthur Levine.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Milstein’s Emigrant Bank financed the deal, effectively giving him a controlling interest in the brand built on Nicklaus’s name and image.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
The increasing power of the TV business – later a dominant business at Warner Bros. - contributed to the Warners selling their controlling interest in the 1950s, although Jack remained the company’s largest shareholder and President until 1969.
—Howard Homonoff, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Controlling interest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/controlling%20interest. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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