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founders' share

founders' share

8.4
A special part of a company given to the people who started it that gives extra votes
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : acción de fundador
  • The company issued founders' shares to its original team.

Examples

  • At the initial public offering, the co-founder retained significant control through his founders' shares.

  • The company's founders' shares carry extra voting rights on decisions affecting company direction.

  • The founders' share structure helped the original owners maintain influence after outside investment.

  • Each founders' share comes with special voting rights.

  • The founders' share is often structured to grant them greater voting power in important company decisions.

  • Investors were attracted to the startup because its founders' share offered lucrative dividends and special rights.

  • The company’s bylaws stipulated that the founders' share would include enhanced privileges compared to regular shares.

Synonyms

stock
vsfounders' share
∞ 3.5

A part of a company that people buy and sell

is a special form that grants original owners extra voting or dividend privileges
share
vsfounders' share
  • Specialized
416 3.7

One equal part of a company that you can buy

is a special form that gives original owners extra voting power or larger dividends

How Privileged

founders' share
  • Specialized
8.4
preferred shares
  • Specialized
1 5.1

Surface Forms

founders' share singular
founders' shares plural

Morphology

founders' + share

The phrase is compositionally clear: a B1 learner who knows 'founder(s)' and 'share' will understand it as a share belonging to the company's founders (genitive + noun pattern). However, the technical sense that these are a special class of shares carrying enhanced rights or preferential dividends is a domain-specific nuance that is not predictable from the constituents, so full meaning requires extra knowledge.

Etymology

Founders' share comes from the practice of giving a company's founders one special share that acts like a 'golden key'—it gives them extra votes or bigger payments so they can keep control even if they sell other stock. That's why the term means a share with 'special rights' for the original owners.