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Re:Jack Dorsey’s 28.3% Square ownership gives him 75% control. by jedberg on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @09:08AM (#4136760)
It would be great if there were a link to a primer on control and how it differs from ownership and how it is calculated.
Re:Jack Dorsey’s 28.3% Square ownership gives him 75% control. by Retric on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @09:20AM (#4136802)
Generally, it's simply a sliding scale of voting vs non voting stock. AKA each share of class A get's 10 votes, Class B get's 1 vote, and Class C get's 0 votes. Which is equivalent to A is 10 voting shares, B is 1 voting share 9 non voting share, and C is 10 non voting shares.

Note, none voting shares get the same percentage of the profits. And often there are conditions that transform A shares into B shares upon sale etc.

Re:Jack Dorsey’s 28.3% Square ownership gives him 75% control. by ddlatham on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @09:29AM (#4136834)
That doesn't appear to be the meaning of "control" that OP is using.
Re:Jack Dorsey’s 28.3% Square ownership gives him 75% control. by TravisDirks on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @09:33AM (#4136855)
Thanks for the suggestion! I'll see what I can pull together quickly.

Briefly, control is the percent of all possible outcomes in which a shareholder's vote decides the result of the shareholder-vote/election. Control is directly related to the odds of winning the shareholder-vote.

Re:Jack Dorsey’s 28.3% Square ownership gives him 75% control. by madcaptenor on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @10:12AM (#4137032)
This is something like the Banzhaf power index, I think: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banzhaf_power_index