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by joonix 4696 days ago
Not at all. What you're referring to has to do with exceeding a certain number of shareholders. In fact many Fortune 500 companies are privately held. Koch, SC Johnson, etc[1], not to mention the myriad large companies that are taken private by private equity firms.

[1] http://www.forbes.com/largest-private-companies/