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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October will mark 10 years since the creation of Alphabet as a holding company, with Google as its prime subsidiary.
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Jennifer Elias,mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2025
Swift was unable to purchase the rights before her first label, Big Machine Records, was sold in 2019 to a holding company partially owned by music manager Scooter Braun.
—Doha Madani, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2025
The holding company still totes over $344 billion in cash.
—Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 3 Aug. 2025
The Skydance deal has been a year in the making, with Skydance and its partner RedBird Capital beating out other potential suitors last year for the asset, which was controlled by Shari Redstone and her family’s National Amusements holding company.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2025
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Jennifer Elias,mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2025
Swift was unable to purchase the rights before her first label, Big Machine Records, was sold in 2019 to a holding company partially owned by music manager Scooter Braun.
—Doha Madani, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2025
The holding company still totes over $344 billion in cash.
—Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 3 Aug. 2025
The Skydance deal has been a year in the making, with Skydance and its partner RedBird Capital beating out other potential suitors last year for the asset, which was controlled by Shari Redstone and her family’s National Amusements holding company.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2025
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“Holding company.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/holding%20company. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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