Would $1,500,000 be enough to buy 50% plus 1 of ExxonMobil Shares?

Question

Would $1,500,000 be enough to buy 50% plus one of ExxonMobil shares on the stock market?

My friend is a surgeon who makes a lot of money and he wants to invest.

Answer 1

You can buy ALL of my Exxon shares for 1.5 million.

Answer 2

No.  He would need a little over 233 Billion dollars to buy 50% plus 1 share of  exxonmobil.    Why on earth would you think 1.5 million dollars would buy 50% of a company that grosses almost half a trillion dollars per year?

Answer 3

All things and people aside...knowledge is KEY!

Answer 4

Are you for real? With $40 billion earnings per quarter, and you think you can buy half of their stock for $1,500,000?

Answer 5

That's a laugh.

Answer 6

Not even close.

Answer 7

Not even close

Answer 8

Heh, your kidding right?

Exxon is Enterprise value is roughly $428,610,000,000

That puts him about 214,303,500,000 short of owning half the company.

Answer 9

Please spare me these type questions!!

Answer 10

Does your friend want to control the company?  Probably not.

Answer 11

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