Dual-Class Share Structure
A control mechanism common among technology companies. By establishing share classes with different voting rights, such as Class A and Class B shares, founders or management can maintain control while holding a smaller equity stake.
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Unlike dual-class share structures, trust arrangements are often more opaque, with their beneficiaries, trustees, and decision-making mechanisms possibly disclosed only to a very few parties.
Dual-class share structures are a common control tool for tech companies, such as Google and Meta's A/B share designs, in which external investors hold low-voting-power shares and founders hold high-voting-power shares.
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Unlike dual-class share structures, trust arrangements are often more opaque, with their beneficiaries, trustees, and decision-making mechanisms possibly disclosed only to a very few parties.
50%UnverifiedDual-class share structures are a common control tool for tech companies, such as Google and Meta's A/B share designs, in which external investors hold low-voting-power shares and founders hold high-voting-power shares.
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