industrialist
noun
in·dus·tri·al·ist
in-ˈdə-strē-ə-list 
: one owning or engaged in the management of an industry : manufacturer
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a meeting of industrialists to discuss environmental issues
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Built in 1911 for industrialist Mortimer Fleishhacker, the 74-acre property has stayed in the family for six generations.
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Pueng Vongs, Mercury News, 15 Sep. 2025
Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries, arrives to pay his last respect to Indian industrialist Ratan Tata at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) ahead of its cremation in Mumbai on October 10, 2024.
—Ryan Browne, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
The trips gave the industrialists a chance to discuss business and eventually reach the conclusion that the U.S. needed its own source of rubber.
—David Fischer, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
Located on the corner of Fifth Avenue and East 70th Street opposite Central Park, the museum is housed in a spectacular Gilded Age mansion, once the home of industrialist, financier, and art collector Henry Clay Frick.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Pueng Vongs, Mercury News, 15 Sep. 2025
Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries, arrives to pay his last respect to Indian industrialist Ratan Tata at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) ahead of its cremation in Mumbai on October 10, 2024.
—Ryan Browne, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
The trips gave the industrialists a chance to discuss business and eventually reach the conclusion that the U.S. needed its own source of rubber.
—David Fischer, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
Located on the corner of Fifth Avenue and East 70th Street opposite Central Park, the museum is housed in a spectacular Gilded Age mansion, once the home of industrialist, financier, and art collector Henry Clay Frick.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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“Industrialist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/industrialist. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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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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