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• SHAREHOLDER
  
  If you own stock in a corporation, you are a shareholder of that corporation. You're considered a majority shareholder if you (alone or in combination with other shareholders) own more than half the company's outstanding shares, which allows you to control the outcome of a corporate vote. Otherwise, you are considered a minority shareholder. In practice, however, it is possible to gain control by owning less than 51% of the shares, especially if there are a large number of shareholders.
  
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