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Originally Posted by Greg
I think Arianespace is a commercial company, but I don't know that.
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It is Greg, but not publicly traded.
Arianespace has 24 shareholders from 10 European countries.
http://www.arianespace.com/site/abou...sub_index.html
I estimate at least 44% French government ownership, about 32.5% of that directly through CNES the rest through their holdings in EADS and other shareholders. I didn't bother looking at any companies with less than 5% holdings.
Following the money is always interesting and revealing. It would take quite a while to figure out just what percentage is controlled by governments.