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But the company does not own their shares which are sold - the owners do, right? So the owners get the price paid for the shares - not the company. Then how does the company profit from this? Am I missing something?

If it is the owners of the company that profit from selling their shares to the public, how does that benefit the company? How does that raise capital for the company if the owners get all the money? Everywhere I read that one of the main reasons why companies decide to go puclic, is to raise...