What do you call a company that own/run or invest in different companies?

May 25, 2008 by admin
Filed under: Investing 
helplesswonder asked:


Let’s say I started this company, whose main purpose is to invest and/or own other companies. For instance, BG enterprise is the company and let’s say it owns a “main-stream” blog, real estate company, and a flea market, what would BG enterprise be considered as? Could it be considered a venture capital firm, an investment firm, or what? Remember the main purpose of bg enterprise would be to own or invest in other companies..

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5 Comments on What do you call a company that own/run or invest in different companies?

  1. v b on Sun, 25th May 2008 1:13 pm
  2. Venture Capitalists if you just invest.

    Holding Company if you own.

  3. raysor on Wed, 28th May 2008 1:13 am
  4. investment trust, unit trust, OEIC,ETF, incubator fund

  5. Teresa G on Fri, 30th May 2008 8:49 am
  6. It would be a Holdind or unit trust company.

  7. jeff410 on Sun, 1st Jun 2008 6:24 pm
  8. Holding company

  9. tlogan on Mon, 2nd Jun 2008 5:55 am
  10. The company like this is to purchase buy entire company or ocassionally as diversified.
    The company is usually described as conglomerate.