Person A owns 51% of the shares of a company. Person B owns 49% and is willing to pay literally any amount of money to buy enough stock to become the majority shareholder. Person A is not willing to sell no matter what. How is the price of the stock determined?

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Person A owns 51% of the shares of a company. Person B owns 49% and is willing to pay literally any amount of money to buy enough stock to become the majority shareholder. Person A is not willing to sell no matter what. How is the price of the stock determined?

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Answer 1

If it was listed on a stock exchange most exchanges would require a [Market Maker](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/marketmaker.asp) (someone who always has an offer to buy and sell).

This is to avoid situations like your scenario.

However if for some reason your scenario did occur that level of inactivity would result in [No Quote](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/noquote.asp).