Trustworthiness & the Death of Public Companies
3 min readMay 20, 2023
What is the average lifespan of a public company?
“A recent study by McKinsey found that those companies listed in the Standard & Poor’s 500 was 61 years in 1958. Today, it is less than 18 years. McKinsey believes that in 2027, 75% of the companies currently quoted on the S&P 500 will have disappeared.” And according to the Wall Street Journal, “the number of public-company listings…
