Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• PUBLIC COMPANY
  
  The stock of a public company is owned and traded by individual and institutional investors. In contrast, in a privately held company, the stock is held by company founders, employees, and sometimes venture capitalists. Many privately held companies eventually go public to help raise capital to finance growth.
  
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