The primary players in a corporation are the shareholders, directors, and officers.
Shareholders are the investors in a corporation.
They elect, and sometimes remove, the directors and occasionally must vote on specific corporate transactions or operations. The board of directors is the top governing body. Directors establish corporate policy and hire officers, to whom they usually delegate their obligations to administer and manage the corporation's affairs. Shareholders Shareholders are people who have an investment stake in a corporation, in the form of a share of stock. Their financial interest in the corporation is determined by the percentage of the total outstanding shares they own.