If a debt is paid down from income, the equity of the owner increases, while the debt owed to the lender declines.

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As of the fourth quarter of 2012, Berkshire holds 151, 610, 700 shares of American Express in total, or 13.72% of the company, making it the largest institutional equity owner of the company.

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They have legal characteristics of debt, but if things go bad you're generally the first creditor to take on the rights of an equity owner.

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The lender owns the value of the asset up to the amount of the principal plus the interest, and the owner owns the value that remains, in the form of equity.

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Chrysler's owner, private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, also owns 51% of GM's finance arm, GMAC.

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So in 1995 McDonald's recruited Mario Resca, a well-connected headhunter and owner of four Milan franchises, to take charge of the country for 20% of the equity.

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