A silent partner is a person who provides some of the capital for a business but who does not take an active part in managing the business. One that makes financial investments in a business enterprise but does not participate in its management. someone who owns part of a business but is not actively involved in the way it operates British Equivalent: sleeping partner
a partner (who usually provides capital) whose association with the enterprise is not public knowledge
passive partner, one who is a partner in a business but does not intervene with the decisions that his partner makes concerning business