What is the meaning of Asset stripper?

Asset stripper is a corporate raider (company A) that takes over a target company (company B) in order to sell large assets of company B to repay debt. Company A calculates that the net, selling off the assets and paying off the debt, will leave the raider with assets that are worth more than what it paid for company B.

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APABarry Goldsmith. (2010). asset stripper. Retrieved September 30, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/asset_stripper/definitions/1147915
ChicagoBarry Goldsmith. 2010. "asset stripper" http://smartdefine.org/asset_stripper/definitions/1147915 (accessed September 30, 2026).
HarvardBarry Goldsmith 2010, asset stripper, Smart Define, viewed 30 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/asset_stripper/definitions/1147915>.
MLABarry Goldsmith. "asset stripper" 21 October 2010. Web. 30 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/asset_stripper/definitions/1147915>