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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
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1917, in the meaning defined above
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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 23 Jan. 2025.
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investment company
see company
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