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Private company

A privately held company is defined as being either:
  • A company owned by one, or a group of, non-governmental organizations, or;
  • A company whose stock is owned by a relatively small number of holders who do not trade the stock publicly on the stock market.

Examples of privately held companies are PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young.

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