founders’ shares

founders’ shares Word Origin plural noun Finance.

1. shares of stock given, at least nominally, for consideration to the organizers or original subscribers of a corporation, sometimes carrying special voting privileges, but likely to receive dividends after other classes of stock.

Origin of founders’ shares First recorded in 1885–90 British Dictionary definitions for founders’ shares founders’ shares pl n

1. shares awarded to the founders of a company and often granting special privileges