Suppose the business decides to give me a dividend of $20,000 and I have nothing to do with the business. Your statement is not logical. A business can't just

Suppose the business decides to give me a dividend of $20,000 and I have nothing to do with the business. Your statement is not logical. A business can't just "decide" to pay a dividend to random individuals. A dividend, by definition, is a distribution of profits paid to the stockholders (owners) of the corporation. So, anyone who gets a dividend is, by definition, an owner of the business!