Sentences with phrase «own equity stakes»

When Sean Parker became president of Facebook in 2004, he was careful to ensure that the young Zuckerberg retained a sizable equity stake in the company.

Pearson will take a minority equity stake in Credly.

In return, the accelerator receives a small equity stake in the company (typically around 8 percent).

Like many service - company owners today, Gerdes tries to maneuver an equity stake in her clients whenever possible — typically 1 % to 3 %.

Have the hard discussions and see if you can solve them, especially around equity stakes [for the founders].

By setting up deals in which Lunar would receive equity - based compensation from its clients, the founders could tap into «the power of the multiple» — the ability to turn what might have been simply a fee - for - service payment into an equity stake worth much more in the long run.

That is key, given that the firm is located in a high - cost area and because it has many young employees who need cash — not speculative equity stakes — to meet their living expenses.

Most of the debt — about 85 % — will be converted into controlling equity stakes for such investors as Apollo Global Management, Babson Capital Management, and Guggenheim Investment Management.

The private equity firm will retain 100 % of its equity stake in Cision post-merger.]

But it doesn't take an equity stake.

The government is not taking an equity stake in the pipeline, and will not have to pay anything if the pipeline is not built.

First, this is not an equity stake in the pipeline or a financial contribution, but a promise to pay for shipping on the pipeline if it is built.

First, there's the money: Lin will reportedly get from this deal an equity stake in the company.

In 1973, he lent her $ 1,000 and she started a real estate business, Corcoran - Simone, giving him an equity stake.

The continued struggles of Etsy sellers caused Kalin to turn his attentions back to Etsy, where he still had a board seat and a substantial equity stake.

If I didn't have an equity stake, would I take it as seriously?

After buying North America's largest mountain resort chain for US$ 2.8 billion in 2006 (around half with debt), the hedge fund has seen its equity stake dwindle to almost nothing.

It's a sign of pride of ownership, a valuable quality that some employees display whether or not they have an equity stake in the company.

Sawiris, who operates international carrier Orascom Telecom Holding, owns a 65 % equity stake in Wind.

Big pension and endowment funds regularly hold private equity stakes, but it's a crucial component of investing withheld from retail investors, Lee - Chin says.

The CEOs of each were significantly more powerful than other company executives in terms of equity stake, compensation and whether they were the founder.

Launched in October 2008 under Bush - era Treasury secretary Henry Paulson during the panic that followed the implosion of Lehman Bros., TARP was initially designed to prop up bank balance sheets via the government purchase of equity stakes or the acquisition of illiquid assets.

Still, analysts don't expect this consummate dealmaker to shy away from more transactions, especially equity stakes in smaller brewers.

Digital Sky made a $ 200 million investment in Facebook for a 1.96 % equity stake in Facebook.

When Canadians have higher equity stakes in their homes, it imparts more stability to the market.

Starting Monday, entrepreneurs will be able to offer equity stakes to non-accredited investors for amounts of up to $ 1 million, as a result of new crowdfunding rules put into place by the Securities and Exchange Commission in October.

The blogosphere is abuzz with news that Microsoft picked up an equity stake in Facebook, which — in case you haven't picked up a newspaper, read a magazine, or gotten poked lately — is kind of hot right now.

Last year, Stanford sold its equity stake in Google for $ 336 million.

For investors, it cuts the risk associated with a pure equity stake while maintaining the upside of an equity position.

The software megalith paid $ 240 million for a 1.6 percent equity stake in the fast growing social network.

Notably, she — along with the rest of the company's all - black female executive team — will have an equity stake in the business.

This restructuring would result in FSLT receiving lower lease rentals from TORM and also a share of the 17.3 % equity stake in TORM's enlarged share capital held by tonnage providers who have agreed to permanently amend their charter contracts.

Giving out equity stake to every employee you bring on diminishes your potential profits.

Most deals involve an equity stake of some sort, so the celebrity can benefit from the beverage's sales for as long as it stays on shelves.

So the average equity stake isn't far off, but there are some extremely equity - heavy portfolios out there.

More specifically, Axel Springer will pay $ 343 million for an 88 % equity stake in BI, with the remaining 12 % mostly consisting of existing Axel Springer shares (it invested earlier this year) and rolled - over shares held by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos (he invested in the same round).

Founders can lobby for higher compensation and options in lieu of equity stakes; investors can fight for preferred dividends and treatment of their shares when it comes to another round of funding or a sale.

To appear on Shark Tank, entrepreneurs must give Finnmax, the show's production company, either a 2 % royalty on profits or a 5 % equity stake in the company, Amir Kassar, founder and CEO of business loan company MultiFunding, wrote in The New York Times's small - business blog.

Do you take an equity stake in exchange for funding, like many incubators?

DraftKings previously had raised money from investment firms associated with New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, while Major League Baseball also holds a small equity stake.

Coca - Cola has inked a 10 - year partnership with Keurig - maker Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, and has also purchased a 10 % equity stake in the company valued at $ 1.25 billion.

The generation with the largest chunk of savers holding equity stakes at least 10 percentage points above Fidelity's recommended allocation for their age is baby boomers, coming in at 26 percent.

The average equity stake for boomers is 68.8 percent.

eBay did not take an equity stake, but as we improve that initial code base, eBay has the rights to use those improvements.

Uninterrupted also gives athletes a cut of revenues from licensing or sponsorship deals, but the company declined to tell The Wall Street Journal which athletes own equity stakes.

EShares» software makes it as easy to issue, buy or sell equity stakes in start - ups online as it is to trade stock.

It's not really an equity stake (although it sort of operates that way in practice).

Why give equity stakes to a small cohort of moneymen when instead you can let the people who will be using the network, the ones creating the value, have stakes in the project?

Catenas now owns an equity stake (from 10 % to 49 %) in each of the member companies, and each of the member companies owns a 5 % stake in Catenas.

So when Aunt Gladys starts fumbling in her carpetbag for a checkbook, talk her gently out of an equity stake.