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HolyLampshade • today at 1:02 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

Seems like much more sane governance for a publicly-traded company.

Honestly this arrangement (total comp aside) is how it should be for all these companies. When Facebook went public the dual class structure (and Zuck retaining voting control) was a big point of contention.


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cogman10 • today at 1:10 AM

Agreed. This is almost certainly a key to Nvidia's success. A lot of tech companies end up shooting themselves by putting too much power into the CEO, so that when the MBA takes over it turns into a corporate pillaging operation. Cut back on staff, ramp up on prices, maximize shareholder value at the cost of sane long term business practices.

ergocoder • today at 1:14 AM

Google did the super control way before Zuck did.

> Honestly this arrangement (total comp aside) is how it should be for all these companies.

It's difficult to say based on the actual data in the past 10 years. The companies with dual shares seem to do well if we look at the companies of the same sizes.

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