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> If you're publicly listed, it's not your company anymore.

Well, maybe. Something can be publicly listed while being majority owned by one person. But the "short-term vs long-term" dichotomy was meant more as a commentary on valuations and discount rates in general.

> Or, you could sell the business to the person most qualified to run it well instead of installing the boss's kid as the new CEO. Nepotism is gross.

This is completely unrelated to ownership.



>> Or, you could sell the business to the person most qualified to run it well instead of installing the boss's kid as the new CEO. Nepotism is gross.

> This is completely unrelated to ownership.

So if the kid's going to sit back and not interfere then it's kind of irrelevant that it's your business. Might was well be a portfolio.




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