&gt; You&#x27;re not the owner of the company when you own 1-millionth or whatever of it.<p>There is no single &quot;owner&quot; of a public company. Everyone who holds voting shares holds a share of ownership. Anyone is free to try to convince anyone else to vote their shares a certain way. Ultimately the board serves at the pleasure of the shareholders collectively, and that is exactly how activist investors like Starboard work.