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Read this: https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2017/04/27/harvard-business-review-the-pernicious-nonsense-of-maximizing-shareholder-value/#3d0320d471f0 https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2017/04/27/harvard... It started in the 70s. As far as I know GE and Jack Welch were the poster child of this movement.