financier
noun
fi·nan·cier
ˌfi-nən-ˈsir 
fə-ˌnan-,
ˌfī-
1
: one who specializes in raising and expending public moneys
2
: one who deals with finance and investment on a large scale
Examples of financier in a Sentence
A group of powerful financiers bought out the company.
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The emails show how easily some digital media figures and companies were taken advantage of; publications that were publishing hundreds of articles a day hardly blinked when a positive article about a financier showed up, or a serious-sounding foundation official asked for an image tweak.
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Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Some have publicly denied any implications of misconduct while seeking to distance themselves from the powerful New York financier.
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2026
Former President Bill Clinton is demanding that his House oversight committee testimony about his relationship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein be in a public hearing.
—Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 7 Feb. 2026
Calls for Lang to step down intensified since files released on January 30 by the US Department of Justice showed Epstein and Lang corresponding intermittently between 2012 and 2019, when the financier died by suicide in jail.
—Reuters 13 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
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Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Some have publicly denied any implications of misconduct while seeking to distance themselves from the powerful New York financier.
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2026
Former President Bill Clinton is demanding that his House oversight committee testimony about his relationship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein be in a public hearing.
—Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 7 Feb. 2026
Calls for Lang to step down intensified since files released on January 30 by the US Department of Justice showed Epstein and Lang corresponding intermittently between 2012 and 2019, when the financier died by suicide in jail.
—Reuters 13 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
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“Financier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/financier. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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