6. Founders hang on..

Analyzing  Stockholder  Holdings  

In many technology 7. Corporate Cross Holdings
companies, the founder CEOs In a few of the companies, the largest holder
hang on as large of stock is another company..... In some cases, it is
stockholders . In some of the a strategic holding and in others a device for
older companies, founding AcEvist   control.
families continue to control Corp  holder  
3%  
big stakes either directly or 3%  
as trusts.
8. Activist Investors...
In some of the companies, at least one and
5. Family group companies sometimes more of the top investors were
Founders  
In family group companies, activist funds or individuals.
11%  
the biggest holders of stock
are often other companies in
the group. This allows the
family to retain control firms Family  group  
and move assets around. 4%  
Two  classes   No  individuals  
8%   56%  
1. The Institutional default
4. Different voting rights? Government  
In most of the companies, there
A few US companies have voting 3%  
were no managers or large
and non-voting shares. For Latin inside holders among the top 17
American and Asian companies, it investors.
Pensiion  fund  
is par for the course.
12%  

3. The Government Influence

In some of the companies, the largest
holder of stock is the government 2. Self Holdings & Pension funds
(Gazprom, Telkom, Neste Oil). In a few, In some companies (especially Japanese), the
it is the government of another country company's treasury is one of the biggest holders of the
(sovereign funds) company's cash… In other companies, the company's
pension fund is the biggest investor...