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A new Yale study says Russell 3000 companies with dual- and multi-class share structures materially outperform those with single-class structures over both the short and long term

CORPORATE BOARD MEMBER: In Defense of Dual Class Shares

January 5, 2025

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld discusses how dual-class shares may once again become a common target of proxy ratings firms and activist investors in CORPORATE BOARD MEMBER

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