DEFINITION of 'Private Company'. A company whose ownership is private. As a result, it does not need to meet the strict Securities and Exchange Commission filing requirements of public companies.Next Up. company whose ownership is private. As a result, it does not need to meet the strict Securities and Exchange Commission filing requirements of public companies.
Motorbike ballet as riders crash. Bubba Blackwell, another American stuntman, set the previous record with a 157 foot (47.85 meters) jump in Las Vegas in 1999. He broke the record set by Evel Knievel in 1975, which he held for 24 years.
This spectacular multi-angle video shows Guerlain Chicherit's attempt to beat the world record for the longest car jump, which is now held by Tanner Foust at 332 feet (101 meters). Chicherit tried save a 360 feet (109.7 meter) gap between a 20-ton steel ramp and a concrete landing surface. Fortunately, he didn't die.