investment company

noun

: a company whose primary business is holding securities of other companies purely for investment purposes compare holding company

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In May 2021, L Catterton, a leading international investment company focused on consumer goods, took over a majority stake in Birkenstock together with the family-holding Financière Agache of Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVMH. Laia Farran Graves, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024 Chinese companies facing new restrictions include nearly two dozen semiconductor companies, two investment companies and over 100 chipmaking tool makers. Reuters, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2024 Tavares has led Stellantis, the world's fourth largest carmaker by sales, since its creation in early 2021, through the merger of Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot owner PSA. Stellantis' top investor is the Fiat-founding Agnelli family through investment company EXOR EXOR.AS. Giulio Piovaccari, Detroit Free Press, 2 Dec. 2024 Crank has his own real estate investment company and previously served as president of a political consulting firm. The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for investment company 

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1917, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of investment company was circa 1917

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“Investment company.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/investment%20company. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

Legal Definition

investment company

see company

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