interlocking directorates

British  

plural noun

1. boards of directors of different companies having sufficient members in common to ensure that the companies involved are under the same control

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interlocking directorates

Mr. Bird’s descriptions of the city’s interlocking directorates and family connections are revealing, but such networks are wholly characteristic of most urban establishments in America and around the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

At issue is the idea of interlocking directorates, where people simultaneously serve on the boards of ostensible competitors.

From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2022

Under the Clayton Act, interlocking directorates are not considered a cause for concern if the revenue from products in which the companies compete is less than 2 percent of either company’s sales.

From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2010

Inevitably, "conglomerate" has become something of a dirty word in business, bringing back memories of old-time industrial trusts, interlocking directorates and utilities pyramids that collapsed disastrously.

From Time Magazine Archive

It forbids corporate ownership of stock in a competing corporation, forbids interlocking directorates in large banks and in other competing corporations, with capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating more than $1,000,000.

From Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II by Frank Albert Fetter