privately held

“This is self-evident to the executives at Keystone Foods and J. R. Simplot, two privately held hence unranked companies that supply McDonald’s restaurants in the United States with, respectively, meat and potatoes.”

Simon & Schuster: THE NEW MARKET LEADERS

“American Greetings and its rival card maker, privately held Hallmark Cards, argue that card buying doesn't typically accelerate until consumers get married or start a household.”

The Wall Street Journal: Making Cards Cool Again

“But these are small-peanuts techniques compared with the most powerful and best-kept tax-shelter secret in America: a privately held corporation.”

Simon & Schuster: Creating Wealth

“But even these responsibilities paled beside his role as head of E. O. Ashamu & Sons (Holdings) Limited and its numerous subsidiaries1 (taken together, perhaps the largest privately held black African enterprise) and as leader of the companies’ thousands of laborers, technicians, and managers.”

Simon & Schuster: Strategic Management in Developing Countries Case Studies

“The oldest at forty-eight of four brothers, Lanzagorta was 25% owner of the privately held group and most responsible for its fast growth.”

Simon & Schuster: Strategic Management in Developing Countries Case Studies