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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Gary Klesch, an Anglo-American industrialist, and his wife Anita Klesch, an art historian, collect with a focus on European art from the 15th through 17th centuries.
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Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 1 May 2026
The land is mineral-rich and has a history of growing things; in the 1940s, a German industrialist and war dissident named Opel Blitz fled the turmoil of Europe for Angola and built a tobacco estate here.
—Samantha Falewée, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2026
Another is the Frick Collection, which opened in 1935 after transforming from American industrialist Henry Clay Frick’s Beaux-Arts mansion to a public museum that preserves his collection.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2026
The son of a minor industrialist in Karachi, Naqvi studied at a British-style grammar school and then the London School of Economics, before working at Amex and Arthur Andersen, the accounting firm that would later be destroyed in the Enron scandal.
—Hettie O'Brien, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
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Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 1 May 2026
The land is mineral-rich and has a history of growing things; in the 1940s, a German industrialist and war dissident named Opel Blitz fled the turmoil of Europe for Angola and built a tobacco estate here.
—Samantha Falewée, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2026
Another is the Frick Collection, which opened in 1935 after transforming from American industrialist Henry Clay Frick’s Beaux-Arts mansion to a public museum that preserves his collection.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2026
The son of a minor industrialist in Karachi, Naqvi studied at a British-style grammar school and then the London School of Economics, before working at Amex and Arthur Andersen, the accounting firm that would later be destroyed in the Enron scandal.
—Hettie O'Brien, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
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“Industrialist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/industrialist. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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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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