holding company

noun

: a company whose primary business is holding a controlling interest in the securities of other companies compare investment company

Examples of holding company in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Tilman Fertitta, Houston Net Worth: $10.8 billion The 67-year-old Fertitta owns the NBA’s Houston Rockets as well as Landry’s, the holding company behind the Golden Nugget casinos and a number of restaurant chains, including Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., Del Frisco’s and the Palm. —Brett Knight, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025

The 94-year-old investor’s Berkshire Hathaway holding company raised its holdings in five Japanese trading houses — Itochu, Marubeni, Mitsubishi, Mitsui and Sumitomo — by more than 1 percentage point each, to stakes ranging from 8.5% to 9.8%, according to a regulatory filing. —Yun Li, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2025

The Arnault family’s holding company owns 49 percent of LVMH’s share capital and 64.8 percent of the voting rights. —Joelle Diderich, WWD, 13 Mar. 2025

In response, in November 2024 Spanish government holding company SEPI acquired a 9.97% stake in Telefónica and Criteria Caixa, part of Caixa, Spain’s second biggest bank, raised its own participation to 9.9%. —John Hopewell, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for holding company

• intercompany
• accompany

Legal Definition

holding company

see company