オーナー企き業ぎょう

noun

owner-operated company; company where the manager is also the major shareholder

Refers to a business where the founder or owner holds both management control and a large ownership stake, often contrasted with professionally managed firms.

• あの会かい社しゃは典てん型けい的てきなオーナー企き業ぎょうで、社しゃ長ちょうが株かぶの過か半はん数すうを持もっている。

  That company is a typical owner-operated business; the president holds a majority of the shares.

• オーナー企き業ぎょうでは、経けい営えいの意い思し決けっ定ていが速はやい反はん面めん、後こう継けい者しゃ問もん題だいが起おきやすい。

  In owner-operated companies, decision-making is fast, but succession issues tend to arise.