Ma'anar ƙamus na "controlling riba" yana nufin mallakar yawancin hannayen jari na kamfani, wanda ke ba mai hannun jari ko ƙungiyar masu hannun jari ikon sarrafa yanke shawara da ayyukan kamfanin. Ma’ana, sarrafa sha’awa ga kamfani yana nufin samun ikon tafiyar da al’amuransa da yanke shawarar da ta shafi ayyukansa da dabarunsa. Yawanci, ana samun riba mai sarrafawa ta hanyar mallakar fiye da kashi 50% na hannun jarin kamfani, kodayake a wasu lokuta, ƙaramin kashi na hannun jari na iya isa don samun iko ta hanyar yarjejeniyar zaɓe ko wasu tsare-tsare.