"private companies" as opposed to "government-run", not as opposed to "publicly traded".
And no, "most" enterprises aren't averse to GPL code for usage. They certainly will have policies about making their own software depend on it, but that's different from simply using it, which was the original topic here.
And no, "most" enterprises aren't averse to GPL code for usage. They certainly will have policies about making their own software depend on it, but that's different from simply using it, which was the original topic here.