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BlkTemplar
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I wasn't able to find it elsewhere on the site or messageboards, and admittedly, my knowledge of such things are limited. Is Paizo a publicly traded company, ie, something in which I can invest money into stocks or similar options? I know I would be willing to buy a few shares, I am sure many others would too, but cant seem to find out if it is even a possibility. Would hate to miss out on a high-growth company :)
I wasn't able to find it elsewhere on the site or messageboards, and admittedly, my knowledge of such things are limited. Is Paizo a publicly traded company, ie, something in which I can invest money into stocks or similar options? I know I would be willing to buy a few shares, I am sure many others would too, but cant seem to find out if it is even a possibility. Would hate to miss out on a high-growth company :)
Nope, you aren't required to be publicly owned until you have a large number of employees as I understand it (something like 2,000 employees). As such Paizo is privately owned
I wasn't able to find it elsewhere on the site or messageboards, and admittedly, my knowledge of such things are limited. Is Paizo a publicly traded company, ie, something in which I can invest money into stocks or similar options? I know I would be willing to buy a few shares, I am sure many others would too, but cant seem to find out if it is even a possibility. Would hate to miss out on a high-growth company :)Nope, you aren't required to be publicly owned until you have a large number of employees as I understand it (something like 2,000 employees). As such Paizo is privately owned
I know of no federal requirement that an organization or company be publicly owned.
I work for a corporation that has 5000+ employees, and we're not publicly owned/traded/etc.
BlkTemplar
(Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Roleplaying Game, Campaign Setting, Companion, Battles Case Subscriber)
Yeah, if you check the tiny print at the bottom of the page, you'll see that we are an "LLC".
Thanks,
cos
K, I saw the LLC notation, just wasnt sure of the different definitions (and my brief google-fu didnt help my understanding). Too bad, Paizo stock would have been nice to have :P Thanks for the feedback.
I wasn't able to find it elsewhere on the site or messageboards, and admittedly, my knowledge of such things are limited. Is Paizo a publicly traded company, ie, something in which I can invest money into stocks or similar options? I know I would be willing to buy a few shares, I am sure many others would too, but cant seem to find out if it is even a possibility. Would hate to miss out on a high-growth company :)Nope, you aren't required to be publicly owned until you have a large number of employees as I understand it (something like 2,000 employees). As such Paizo is privately owned
It's the number of shareholders you have (along with the value of your assets) that determines whether or not you have to file reports with the SEC. A lot of times there's significant overlap because employees tend to have options and can easily become shareholders (which is what happened with google). There's a bit more nuance to being required to file reports with the SEC and having your shares listed on an exchange (which is what people normally mean when they say a company is "public"), but it's fairly unusual to have a company file reports with the SEC and not have a class of securities available for public trading. It could happen, but it's not very common.
K, I saw the LLC notation, just wasnt sure of the different definitions (and my brief google-fu didnt help my understanding). Too bad, Paizo stock would have been nice to have :P Thanks for the feedback.Yeah, if you check the tiny print at the bottom of the page, you'll see that we are an "LLC".
Thanks,
cos
Try searching under "limited liability company". It's a lot like a corporation, but you have a lot more freedom in how you structure the management and equity ownership. You can also elect to be taxed as a partnership instead of a corporation (which is the main reason people use LLCs).
Also, you could theoretically have a publicly traded LLC. Being an LLC doesn't have any affect on whether you are public or not. I want to say that a handful of the publicly traded funds are LLC's, but most are limited partnerships.
