limited partner
noun
: a partner in a venture who has no management authority and whose liability is restricted to the amount of his or her investment compare general partner
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But the most successful firms from the old guard are still delivering steady gains for their limited partner investors.
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Chris Dobstaff, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
The Las Vegas Raiders didn’t add a firm to their ownership group, but their newest limited partner is a prominent member of the private equity world.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Not as investment, but as a contribution to maintaining the bedrock on which a healthy tech ecosystem can exist (and maybe get them and their limited partners a tax break).
—Meredith Whittaker, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
At the time, limited partners were, as a rule, passive investors.
—Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 11 Dec. 2024
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Chris Dobstaff, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
The Las Vegas Raiders didn’t add a firm to their ownership group, but their newest limited partner is a prominent member of the private equity world.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Not as investment, but as a contribution to maintaining the bedrock on which a healthy tech ecosystem can exist (and maybe get them and their limited partners a tax break).
—Meredith Whittaker, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
At the time, limited partners were, as a rule, passive investors.
—Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Limited partner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/limited%20partner. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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