industrialist
noun
in·dus·tri·al·ist
in-ˈdə-strē-ə-list 
: one owning or engaged in the management of an industry : manufacturer
Examples of industrialist in a Sentence
a meeting of industrialists to discuss environmental issues
Recent Examples on the Web
In fact, the generation of wealth was a result of a symbiotic relationship between the emerging industrial labor market and innovative industrialists.
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Jacob Swartz, Orange County Register, 14 May 2024
The Washington gallery, established in 1937 through the donation of industrialist art collector Andrew Mellon and a joint resolution of Congress, provides another example of the ties between art, money and politics.
—Anne Wallentine, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2024
Inside the former residence of one of Kolkata's pioneering industrialists sit high-end jewelers, fashion stores, restaurants, and exhibition spaces at Galleria 1910.
—Diya Kohli, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2024
On the other side of the fight was Roberto Hagemann, a wealthy Chilean industrialist who had spent years acquiring property rights from 200 local families to assemble a 325,000-acre (or roughly 500 square mile) property.
—David Gelles, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2024
The baron, one of the world’s most prolific art collectors before his death in 2002, was the scion of a German industrialist family that made a fortune in steel — and helped finance Adolf Hitler’s rise to power along the way.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Such echoes led Casiraghi to draw inspiration from the Italian vacation homes of the Agnelli industrialist family.
—Alice Newell-Hanson Stefan Ruiz, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Owned for the past 21 years by a secretive German collector—rumored to be industrialist Eckard Bluhm—the car is being discreetly offered through the Private Sales department at RM Sotheby’s.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2024
One industrialist in Chicago thanked Wilson for breakfast and then laid into the business climate, Wilson said.
—Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
Jacob Swartz, Orange County Register, 14 May 2024
The Washington gallery, established in 1937 through the donation of industrialist art collector Andrew Mellon and a joint resolution of Congress, provides another example of the ties between art, money and politics.
—Anne Wallentine, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2024
Inside the former residence of one of Kolkata's pioneering industrialists sit high-end jewelers, fashion stores, restaurants, and exhibition spaces at Galleria 1910.
—Diya Kohli, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2024
On the other side of the fight was Roberto Hagemann, a wealthy Chilean industrialist who had spent years acquiring property rights from 200 local families to assemble a 325,000-acre (or roughly 500 square mile) property.
—David Gelles, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2024
The baron, one of the world’s most prolific art collectors before his death in 2002, was the scion of a German industrialist family that made a fortune in steel — and helped finance Adolf Hitler’s rise to power along the way.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Such echoes led Casiraghi to draw inspiration from the Italian vacation homes of the Agnelli industrialist family.
—Alice Newell-Hanson Stefan Ruiz, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Owned for the past 21 years by a secretive German collector—rumored to be industrialist Eckard Bluhm—the car is being discreetly offered through the Private Sales department at RM Sotheby’s.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2024
One industrialist in Chicago thanked Wilson for breakfast and then laid into the business climate, Wilson said.
—Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
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“Industrialist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/industrialist. Accessed 18 May. 2024.
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industrialist
noun
in·dus·tri·al·ist
in-ˈdəs-trē-ə-ləst
: an owner or manager of an industry : manufacturer
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