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annamargot on Aug 7, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Taking Tesla Private

How will Tesla get around the shareholder limit?

There is a limit to the number of shareholders a privately held company can have. It's apparently 2,000.

http://blog.gust.com/limiting-the-number-of-shareholders-in-...

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/5/500-shareholder-thresho...

toomuchtodo on Aug 7, 2018 [–]

You would own shares in a private fund that would own Tesla shares.

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