This page collects our 23 company profiles. Most of them answer one of three questions: who owns a company, what it owns, or how it makes money. There are shareholder breakdowns for Apple, Nvidia, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Tesla. Business model explainers cover BlackRock, Robinhood, Taboola and Rivian, and subsidiary lists cover Alphabet, Disney and DuPont. A few pieces take a wider view, such as a comparison of Coca-Cola and Pepsi or a look at companies that recovered after bankruptcy. Every profile is signed by the Markets & Investing Desk.
Company Profiles
Browse 23 profiles of large companies to see who holds the biggest stakes, which businesses they own and where their revenue actually comes from.
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How to read the list
The title of each card tells you what kind of profile it is. “Who owns” pages look at the largest shareholders, the split between institutions and insiders, and founder stakes where they matter. “How it makes money” pages break a company into its revenue lines so you can see which part of the business carries the rest. “Companies owned by” pages list subsidiaries and brands under one parent. Some companies appear more than once from different angles. Alphabet, for example, has an ownership page, a subsidiaries page and a revenue page. One pattern shows up across many ownership pages: large asset managers often rank among the top holders because they hold shares on behalf of fund clients. Our Vanguard profile explains how that structure works. The list is not a ranking. A profile’s position on the page says nothing about the quality of the company or its shares.
Where the information comes from
Profiles are drafted with help from AI language models and then run through automated checks. Text with unsupported claims or banned phrasing is rejected and rewritten. Pages that rely on outside material list it under “Sources cited on this page”, so you can see where a figure came from and check it yourself. Ownership is a moving target. Stakes change as funds buy and sell, and public filings usually lag behind actual trades. Each profile shows the date it was published and the date its text last changed, and those dates move only when the wording changes. Read them before relying on a shareholder figure. No company can pay to be profiled or to be described more favorably. Fintrev has no paid partnerships and no affiliate links. The details are in our methodology.
Using these profiles with the rest of Finance
Company profiles work best as background. If a profile mentions a founder or a long-serving chief executive, the People & History section may have more on that person. Terms such as institutional ownership, share classes or holding company are explained in the Wiki. Comparison pieces like Coca-Cola vs. Pepsi show how two businesses in the same market earn money in different ways, which is a useful habit to carry into your own reading. Knowing who owns a company or how it earns revenue does not tell you whether its shares are a good buy at a given price. Shares can fall in value and you can lose money. Nothing on these pages is financial advice.
FAQ
Are these companies ranked or scored?
No. The profiles are listed without a score and the order is not a ranking. Our numeric scores apply to prop firms and brokers, which are covered elsewhere on the site. A company's place on this page says nothing about how good its business or its shares are.
How current are the shareholder figures?
Ownership changes whenever large holders buy or sell, and public filings usually report those changes after the fact. Each profile shows the date it was published and the date its text last changed. Check those dates and the sources listed on the page before you rely on a specific stake or percentage.
Do companies pay to be profiled here?
No. No company can pay for a profile, for favorable wording or for a position on this page. Fintrev currently has no paid partnerships, no affiliate links and no display advertising. If partner links are ever added, the Advertising disclosure page and the links themselves will say so.
Can I suggest a company you have not covered yet?
Yes. Use the form on the Contact page with your name, email and a short message naming the company and what you want to know about it, such as its owners, its subsidiaries or how it earns revenue. Messages go to the editors, who decide what to add.