general partner

noun

: a partner whose liability for partnership debts and obligations is unlimited

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Palace’s four general partners — Textor, chairman Steve Parish, fellow American businessmen David Blitzer and Josh Harris — each have a 25 per cent say in the running of the club with Parish effectively being the executive chairman and ultimate decision maker. Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 10 July 2025 The result is a lower cost of fusion and faster time to market, music to my ears as the general partner of an advanced energy and dual-use venture capital think tank firm. Matthew Chase Levy, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025 At one time, Andreessen was on the Gates path, with his firm’s general partners committing in 2012 to donate at least half of all income from their VC careers to philanthropic causes during their lifetimes. Beth Kowitt, Mercury News, 22 May 2025 But that approach is shifting, says David Haber, a veteran of both fintech startups and Goldman Sachs who now works as a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for general partner

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of general partner was in 1887

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“General partner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/general%20partner. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

Legal Definition

general partner

see partner

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