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Question about Public Company Ownership
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A J RJ: amanbearpig CO: aManBearPig Post Rating: 1 + / - Total Posts: 54 Karma: 18 Joined: Mar 30, 2012 |
Posted on May 2, 2012 What is the point of having a public company owned 100% by one person? I'm just curious, I saw a new company FIBER which went public just today which is 100% owned by one person. Is there an advantage to this in some way vs being a non-public company, or being a public company not 100% owned? Stocks are not my forte obviously...
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Victoria Raverna RJ: Victoria Raverna CO: Victoria Raverna Post Rating: 0 + / - Total Posts: 107 Karma: 43 Joined: Apr 11, 2012 |
Posted on May 2, 2012 It'll raise the NW of the owner since total share price can be several times the actual NW of the company. |
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Innocent Bystander RJ: Matthew Matician Post Rating: 2 + / - Total Posts: 76 Karma: 54 Joined: Apr 2, 2012 |
Posted on May 2, 2012 Since that 'one person' is me, I figure I can take a crack at answering this one.The short answer is: I am clueless about stock market mechanics and I wanted to ease into it gently by seeing how things go when I try different things in my company. I didn't really need the money. Once I feel like I have a better handle on it, I'll most likely release some shares into the wild. |
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Jayle Trigger RJ: Berry Punch CO: Applejack Post Rating: 1 + / - Total Posts: 93 Karma: 85 Joined: Apr 9, 2012 |
Posted on May 4, 2012 So you can act as if it is a private company, except your financial stuff is out in the open. Either way, he can wait till his stock value is way in the +100s before selling off a few pieces to the masses for tidy profits. In the end, keeping 50.00000001% of company ownership, to ensure there is no chance of a hostile takeover...
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A J RJ: amanbearpig CO: aManBearPig Post Rating: 0 + / - Total Posts: 54 Karma: 18 Joined: Mar 30, 2012 |
Posted on May 4, 2012 Ahhh thank you guys for the info. Like I said, stocks is not an area I know a lot about, so I wondered what the point of it was! Thanks!
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