A conglomerate is a corporation of several different, sometimes unrelated, businesses. In a conglomerate, one company owns a controlling stake in several smaller companies… See more

Companies can become conglomerates can be created in a variety of ways, and sometimes in a combination of ways.
The most common way is via
simply buyi… See more

For the management team of a conglomerate, a wide array of companies in different industries can be a real boon for their bottom line. Poorly performing companies … See more

Economists have discovered that the size of conglomerates can hurt the value of their stock, a phenomenon known as the
The sum of the values of the individual companies … See more