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This ranking shows that the world’s most powerful businesspeople aren’t those who lord over monopolies.
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
Iran could shift from targeting Israelis abroad to targeting Americans—government officials, businesspeople, or tourists—creating a dangerous escalation.
—Dana Stroul, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2025
In auditoriums and convention centers, businesspeople, educators, salespeople, and homemakers gathered to hear speakers such as Norman Vincent Peale, Zig Ziglar, and Art Linkletter, among others, extol the virtues of positive thinking, unbridled optimism, and hard work.
—Robert B. Tucker, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Such businesspeople aimed to produce goods that made consumers—and by extension, society—more righteous, while also operating their companies in a moral fashion.
—Time, 23 July 2025
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
Iran could shift from targeting Israelis abroad to targeting Americans—government officials, businesspeople, or tourists—creating a dangerous escalation.
—Dana Stroul, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2025
In auditoriums and convention centers, businesspeople, educators, salespeople, and homemakers gathered to hear speakers such as Norman Vincent Peale, Zig Ziglar, and Art Linkletter, among others, extol the virtues of positive thinking, unbridled optimism, and hard work.
—Robert B. Tucker, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Such businesspeople aimed to produce goods that made consumers—and by extension, society—more righteous, while also operating their companies in a moral fashion.
—Time, 23 July 2025
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“Businesspeople.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/businesspeople. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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businesspeople
plural noun
busi·ness·peo·ple
-ˌspē-pəl 
: persons active in business
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