Who owns the genealogy companies? Part Three

Looking at the larger genealogy companies is an interesting challenge.Publicly owned corporations (even if only part of the stock is owned bythe public) have a whole stack of legal rules to follow concerningfinancial reporting and ownership. For example, Ancestry.com's reportsare on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) website. SeeAncestry.com. None of the following companies apparently have SEClistings:

http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/
http://www.footnote.com/
http://www.genealogybank.com/
http://www.findmypast.com/
http://www.genealogytoday.com/
http://www.genline.com/
http://www.myheritage.com/
http://heritagequest.com/

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