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key person risk

key person risk noun: a risk carried by an organization that depends to a great extent on one individual for its success.

Noun

key person risk (countable and uncountable, plural key person risks)

  1. A risk carried by an organization that depends to a great extent on one individual for its success.
    • The most notable examples of key person risk occur in some of the world’s largest companies.2015 July 14, Matt Vickers, “Managing Key Person Risk”, in Dynamic Business
    • Are we being too complacent in a space that now has one key-person risk?2018 February 25, Shuli Ren, “Xi's the Key-Person Risk for Emerging Markets: China's president may be around for a long time. There are two ways of looking at that .”, in Bloomberg
    Synonyms:
    key man risk

Synonyms of key person risk

Forms of key person risk

pluralkey person risks

Questions about key person risk

What does key person risk mean?
Key person risk means a risk carried by an organization that depends to a great extent on one individual for its success.
What part of speech is key person risk?
Key person risk is a noun.
What is the plural of key person risk?
The plural of key person risk is key person risks.

Words near key person risk in the dictionary

  1. key parties
  2. key party
  3. key performance indicator
  4. key performance indicators
  5. key person insurance
  6. key person risk
  7. key person risks
  8. key position
  9. key positions
  10. key press
  11. key presses

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