How this directory verifies an investor profile
An explanation of the sourcing standard applied to every profile: what counts as a public source, how conflicting reports are handled, and why some fields are deliberately left blank.
Editorial Desk · Global Leadership and Investors Editorial Desk
Every factual claim on a profile page is expected to resolve to an entry in that profile's Sources and References list. A claim that cannot be traced to a named, retrievable source is either marked as verified or removed. The directory treats an absent figure as more useful than an estimated one: where a transaction value was never disclosed, the field stays empty and the page says so explicitly.
Sources are ranked by proximity to the underlying fact. A regulatory filing outranks a press release, which in turn outranks secondary news coverage that does not name its own source. Where two sources conflict, both are recorded and the profile is marked as verified until an editor resolves the discrepancy.
Certain categories of information are excluded by policy regardless of availability. The directory does not publish home addresses, personal telephone numbers, personal email addresses, information about family members who are not themselves public figures, identity documents, or estimates of personal wealth. These exclusions apply even when the information circulates publicly elsewhere.
Profiles carry a last-reviewed date rather than only a publication date. A profile that has not been reviewed within the current cycle is marked as verified, and that status is shown in the page header rather than buried in metadata.
