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I wonder if it would be possible for developers / other stake holders to launch an investment fund who's sole purpose is buy shares in Apple / Microsoft / etc w
by TheSpiceIsLife 8y ago
I wonder if it would be possible for developers / other stake holders to launch an investment fund who's sole purpose is buy shares in Apple / Microsoft / etc with the view to influence internal policy.
Activist investor style.
- sleepychu 8y agoActivist investors are a bit of a misnomer, unlike traditional activists these investors are squarely interested in their own investment.
- briandear 8y agoAnd those shares would lose money specifically because of what they want to accomplish. Your “fund” would lose more from the stock loss than the gain from attempting to influence policy. And you’d need a $100 billion fund to even get noticed. Even Warren Buffet isn’t calling the shots at Apple.
- DaiPlusPlus 8y agoGiven Apple’s current market-cap - over 1TN USD - you’ll need a lot of investors. You’d have much better success by spending a fraction of the money to hire goons to kidnap Apple’s executives driving home from work and “convince” them to change corporate policy that way.