hands-off investor

hands-off investor definition - finance
An investor who contributes capital to a business but stays out of the daily management. Typically, hands-off management occurs in a business that is going well. If the venture begins to lose money, then a hands-off investor may become a hands-on investor. Also called silent partner.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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