If someone purchases a publicly traded company for $100 then they get that company, why aren’t they the owner of $100 plus the company (maybe minus some admin overhead)

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If Bob buys Sarah’s company, Sarah gets the money and Bob gets the company.

If Bob buys a publicly traded company, he buys it from everyone who owns the company. I.e. the shareholders (who all own their “share” or “portion” of the company).

So then the shareholders get the money, and Bob gets the company.