A '''closely-held corporation''' is a [[business]] that has been [[corporation|incorporated]], but is not traded on a [[stock market]], and whose shares are only owned by a small group of people, typically a family or a group of socially related investors. | A '''closely-held corporation''' is a [[business]] that has been [[corporation|incorporated]], but is not traded on a [[stock market]], and whose shares are only owned by a small group of people, typically a family or a group of socially related investors. |