Which of the following is a risk of investing in a privately held company, instead of a publicly held company?

A privately held company is a company that is ran by a small number of shareholders, company members or non-government officals. There are no trading of the stocks to the public by means of the stock market but is traded privately. A publicly traded company is publicly listed for the gneral public. When working with a publicly traded company, those who wish to purchase stock in the company are allowed to do so and the stock is traded within the stock market.

Private companies are not controlled b y the government and therefore there is a risk of shutting down as well, but Public companies are government owned companies