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The stock grants Zaslav received last year were not based on total stockholder return (i.e., change in stock price over time).
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 5 June 2025
Next year’s split is envisioned to be a tax-free event for stockholders, who will receive shares in both companies.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
In a year marked by some high-profile instances of shareholder activism, Netflix stockholders have voted director Jay Hoag, a venture capital investor, off the board.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 June 2025
In family businesses, the process is further complicated both by family dynamics and by governance representing stockholders who are not in the management of the family business, as Arthur T.’s sisters are in this case.
—Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 5 June 2025
Next year’s split is envisioned to be a tax-free event for stockholders, who will receive shares in both companies.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
In a year marked by some high-profile instances of shareholder activism, Netflix stockholders have voted director Jay Hoag, a venture capital investor, off the board.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 June 2025
In family businesses, the process is further complicated both by family dynamics and by governance representing stockholders who are not in the management of the family business, as Arthur T.’s sisters are in this case.
—Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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“Stockholder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stockholder. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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stockholder
noun
stock·hold·er
ˈstäk-ˌhōl-dər 
: an owner of stocks
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