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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Since 2012 the company has been owned by the Squarcialupi family of chemical industrialists, which dragged it out of a composition with creditors’ procedures and retooled its business to encompass both third-party manufacturing of gold pieces and its namesake accessible jewelry brand.
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Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 27 May 2026
Thiel’s vision of tech saving the world through unloosed, Saruman-style AI industrialists would be far more compelling if so many of these tech giants were not such strangely immature and insecure people.
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Featured in Forbes India earlier this year, Hype Luxury markets itself not just as a transportation provider, but as a complete luxury lifestyle ecosystem for royals, industrialists, celebrities, athletes, diplomats, and business executives.
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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.
—Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 1 May 2026
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Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 27 May 2026
Thiel’s vision of tech saving the world through unloosed, Saruman-style AI industrialists would be far more compelling if so many of these tech giants were not such strangely immature and insecure people.
—Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 26 May 2026
Featured in Forbes India earlier this year, Hype Luxury markets itself not just as a transportation provider, but as a complete luxury lifestyle ecosystem for royals, industrialists, celebrities, athletes, diplomats, and business executives.
—Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
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.
—Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 1 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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