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human
ELI5: What forces a company or corporation to be bought out against its will? Are there different strategies of force when the company is public verse private?
gpt
This is known as a hostile takeover and usually involves bypassing the ~~owners~~ managers of the company and going directly for the shareholders. If enough of the shareholders agree, they can force a sale of the company against the ~~owners~~' managers' will. Shareholders of a private company are fewer in number and are members of the company itself rather than members of the public. So while you can still perform this kind of take over your strategy is going to be different in the sense you are dealing with different sized group made up of a different demographic of people.

It could be harder or easier on a number of different factors. Convincing a large group of people to do something is harder, especially if you are trying to conceal your intentions. But the smaller group of shareholders for a private company are more likely to have a vested emotional interest in the company and are less likely to be swayed by simply appeals to profit.