Shareholder

Shareholder. Comes from the French word "actionnaire" who possess one or more shares in a financial or commercial enterprise. In market economy, which actionareste person or entity owns shares of a company formed as a joint stock company is anonymous or partnership. The person or entity, with ownership of shares, has
right to participate in profit sharing through dividends, in proportion to the value of the shares, and the general meeting of shareholders. Each shareholder is entitled to have, in general meeting, a number of votes proportional to the number of shares it owns.