# Occupy Wallstreet **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 29, 2011, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/occupy-wallstreet/260647 "2011-09-29T12:57:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 105
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/occupy-wallstreet/260647/105 "2011-10-06T14:44:21Z")
> [@Okay i need some help](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/okay-i-need-some-help/45882/11): > > First and foremost… WHAT THE FUCK is that word in bold? > > Second, SOME companies are owned by shareholders, some are privately owned. The shareholders are the ones who elect board members who are the ones who decide on CEO, CFO, etc… It’s not uncommon for the CEO to be one the board as well as a shareholder. Each tiny shareholder doesn’t have a say realistically. Usually, it is set up as a vote by proxy where one person can represent them in the case of voting. The shareholders do not decide who gets paid how much and such. The board does. I blame iPhone for that :lol I know how board of electives work, I also know that most corporations are shareholders owned. Corporations by definition are shareholders owned, however some only have less than a dozen shareholders, or just a few, going back to what you said. I known they each down have a say, which is why this bulshit happens, just like the government. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/occupy-wallstreet/260647)._