[nabla9]

If you want to be pedantically technical, Cede & Co. owns all of the publicly issued stock in the United States.

[astrange]

This doesn't seem to be true; the sentence in the Wikipedia article that says it (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cede_and_Company) links to an article that says something else (https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2015-07-14/banks-...).

They do own all the digital stock, but not the paper stock.

[OnlineGladiator]

Only if you're using a broker. You can use a transfer agent and direct register your shares.