corporate raider

corporate raider
corporate raider corporate raider n. (Finance) a person who purchases or attempts to purchase a controlling interest in a publicly-traded company against the wishes of the current management.

Note: such a buyout is caled a {hostile takeover}.

Syn: buyout specialist, takeover artist. [PJC]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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