This could actually be a nice job category for lonely people with no social life; providing a “second contact” for other lonely people.

If you can have one of those colo business addresses or colo mailbox/po box type of places, why not this? There's also several board members that are on several boards. Seems like it might be better served in having a trusted attorney with instructions on how to handle cases when sole proprieter is no longer able to propriet.