# Accredited investor

> Accredited investor — A person or entity Regulation D trusts to bear a private offering's risk — among others, an individual with more than $1,000,000 of net worth excluding the primary residence, or more than $200,000 of income ($300,000 joint) in each of the last two years with the same expected; a director or executive officer of the issuer; an entity with more than $5,000,000 of assets.

Source: https://lopifi.com/glossary/accredited-investor
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**What is accredited investor?** In accounting, accredited investor means a person or entity Regulation D trusts to bear a private offering's risk — among others, an individual with more than $1,000,000 of net worth excluding the primary residence, or more than $200,000 of income ($300,000 joint) in each of the last two years with the same expected; a director or executive officer of the issuer; an entity with more than $5,000,000 of assets.

## Words this system refuses for it

- qualified purchaser
- sophisticated investor

- **Category:** Equity & financing
- **Specified in:** [Lexicon](https://lopifi.com/md/docs/domain/11-lexicon)
- **Related:** regulation-d