System and method of creating different relationships between various entities using a graph database

An apparatus for determining the extent of beneficial ownership of a target business, comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory containing a series of computer readable instructions for causing the processor to execute the steps of:
• populating a database wherein businesses and ownership relationships between the businesses are represented by nodes and links;
• querying the database to establish the related ownership links;
• analyzing results of the query to determine ownership loops;
• de-looping the ownership relationships, wherein the de-looping comprises converting a looped ownership structure to a linear ownership structure;
• and
• calculating the percentage ownership of each of the beneficial owners of the target business based on de-looped ownership relationships;
• wherein, as part of the looped ownership structure, a first entity owns at least a portion of a second entity, and the second entity owns directly or indirectly a portion of the first entity.

A computer readable non-transitory storage medium having non-transitory instructions thereon for causing a processor of a computer to perform the steps of:

• populating a database wherein businesses and ownership relationships between the businesses are represented by nodes and links;
• querying the database to establish the related ownership links;
• analyzing results of the query used to determine ownership loops;
• de-looping the ownership relationships, wherein the de-looping comprises converting a looped ownership structure to a liner ownership structure;
• and
• calculating the percentage ownership of each of the beneficial owners of the target business based on de-looped ownership relationships;
• wherein, as part of the looped ownership structure, a first entity owns at least a portion of a second entity, and the second entity owns directly or indirectly a portion of the first entity.

A system for determining the extent of beneficial ownership of a target business, comprising:

• a plurality of databases on at least one server;
• a communications network for exchanging data between the databases and data calculation components, including:
• a processor;
• a memory containing a series of computer readable instructions for causing the processor to execute the steps of:
• populating an additional database wherein businesses ownership relationships between the businesses are represented by nodes and links;
• querying the database to establish the related ownership links;
• analyzing results of the query to determine ownership loops;
• de-looping the ownership relationships, wherein the de-looping comprises converting a looped ownership structure to a liner ownership structure;
• and
• calculating the percentage ownership of each of the beneficial owners of the target business based on de-looped ownership relationships;
• wherein, as part of the looped ownership structure, a first entity owns at least a portion of a second entity, and the second entity owns directly or indirectly a portion of the first entity.