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Vulture Capitalist

   Also found in: Encyclopedia, Hutchinson 0.04 sec.
Vulture Capitalist
1. A slang word for a venture capitalist who deprives an inventor of control over their own innovations and most of the money they should have made from the invention.

2. A venture capitalist who invests in floundering firms in the hopes that they will turn around.

Notes:
Like them or not, many vulture capitalists make more money than the venture capitalists do.


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