stakeholders

n. one who holds and pays out bets at a casino; one who holds a share or interest (in a company, etc.)

Stakeholder may refer to:Stakeholder (corporate), a party who affects, or can be affected by, the company's actionsStakeholder theory, identifies and models the groups which are stakeholders of a corporationStakeholder (law), a third party who temporarily holds money or property while its owner is still being determined
See more at Wikipedia.org...

Noun
1. someone entrusted to hold the stakes for two or more persons betting against one another; must deliver the stakes to the winner
(hypernym) neutral

All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm - stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government.