"We are working very rapidly to get financing," he said, adding that he was the sole investor in Houston Air.

She sunk $10 million into the musical and is its sole investor.

Mr. Leib signed on as sole investor, taking the chief executive's title.

The Belzbergs were part of a group of investors that paid $128.8 million for the company, not the sole investors; they own 25 percent.

As the sole investors in TV-23, the Schimizzis said, they have put close to $1 million into the venture.

At the outset, the sole investor will be Calpers, the largest public pension fund in the United States.

Mr. Wenner, the sole investor in the magazine, said in an interview that the start-up would cost $10 million.

He said he and his partners were the sole investors and intend to remain so.

Nomura was the sole investor in this fund.

The company's sole external investor was chinadotcom who bought a 15% stake for an undisclosed sum in January 2000.