corporate raider

noun

1. a person who seizes control of a company, as by secretly buying stock and gathering proxies.

corporate raider

noun

1. finance a person or organization that acquires a substantial holding of the shares of a company in order to take it over or to force its management to act in a desired way

Word History and Origins

Origin of corporate raider¹

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

Nevertheless, Rennert, who made his fortune as a corporate raider in the ’80s and ’90s, got a $2,400 check from the government.

From ProPublica

Icahn never liked—actually viscerally hated—the term corporate raider.

From The Daily Beast