He joins Oprah Winfrey, who took a substantial stake in the company when she became the face of Weight Watchers in 2015.
This argument assumes that the A.N.C. government could have nationalized, or taken a substantial stake in, the mining and energy companies without precipitating a civil war, something that might well not have been possible.
Corporate veteran Sir Gerry Robinson is believed to be talking to investors in Rentokil Initial, the underperforming business services group, with a view to taking a substantial stake in the company and initiating a break-up.
Halifax has an option not to pass on rate cuts below 3%, but given that the government has taken a substantial stake in parent firm HBOS, it would be under pressure to pass on rate cuts.
China may be moving closer to attempting something many have considered unthinkable: taking a substantial stake in the world's largest miner, BHP Billiton.
In short, Cuban - a vocal critic of the current state of the U.S. patent system - has taken a substantial stake in a company that does something he has said he vigorously opposes: using patents to extract cash from innovative companies.
This week, Agassi announced that he is joining the board of an ed-tech company that specializes in phonics for pre-kindergartners, Square Panda, and is taking a "substantial stake" in the company.
All these factors have led to speculation that the government will inject public funds into the company and take over a substantial stake.
One of Cloudera's chief investors was none other than Intel, which sank $740 million into the company in a single investment in March, 2014, obviously seeing some serious potential to take such a substantial stake.
John M. Devine, the chief financial officer, said G.M. would take a substantial write-down of the value of that stake in the third quarter.
