The Suez Canal was financed by the Suez Canal Company, a joint-stock company headquartered in Paris. At the time of its founding, France had 52 percent of shares and Egypt held 44 percent. By 1875, Egypt’s shares in the company had been sold to Great Britain, which assisted in the canal’s administration.
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