industrialist

industrialist definition - business

industrialist

A person who owns, manages, or provides major financing for an industrial company. Andrew Carnegie of U.S. Steel and Alfred Sloan of General Motors are famous American industrialists.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Business Terms Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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