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by golergka 1106 days ago
> The largest shareholders of all of the above are the same: Vanguard, BlackRock, and State Street. Combined, they make up ~25% ownership of all of them.

As a CEO, why would sharing 25% of shareholders with another corporation stop you from exploiting their weakness, increasing your market share, increasing your stock price and in the end, increasing your bonus? You're a publicly traded corporation, your contract is public, your bonus mechanic is public, these 25% don't have any other means of control over you.