controlling interest
noun
: sufficient stock ownership in a corporation to exert control over policy
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After cash-flow challenges in late 2024, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt took over as CEO in March 2025, making a significant personal investment and taking a controlling interest; Ellis remains on the board.
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Sydney Lake, Fortune, 2 June 2026
This marks the first major overhaul to the regional shopping center since Federal Realty purchased a controlling interest in the property from the Cushman family in August 2021.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2026
By that point, then owner James Dolan, the controversial businessman whose family has a controlling interest in the companies that oversee MSG and the New York Knicks, cast the team out of New York City and up to Westchester County Center, a microdome more suitable for high schoolers.
—Yohana Desta, Vanity Fair, 7 May 2026
Hybe’s American subsidiary took a controlling interest in TAG PR while Braun served as the entertainment firm’s CEO.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
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Sydney Lake, Fortune, 2 June 2026
This marks the first major overhaul to the regional shopping center since Federal Realty purchased a controlling interest in the property from the Cushman family in August 2021.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2026
By that point, then owner James Dolan, the controversial businessman whose family has a controlling interest in the companies that oversee MSG and the New York Knicks, cast the team out of New York City and up to Westchester County Center, a microdome more suitable for high schoolers.
—Yohana Desta, Vanity Fair, 7 May 2026
Hybe’s American subsidiary took a controlling interest in TAG PR while Braun served as the entertainment firm’s CEO.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for controlling interest
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“Controlling interest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/controlling%20interest. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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