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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The film features László Tóth (Adrien Brody), a Holocaust survivor and Hungarian architect who comes to the U.S. and is taken in by a wealthy industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce), who commissions Tóth to design The Van Buren Institute—a community center and chapel.
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Matt Shaw, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
These are important questions for sport industrialists to embrace, because Generative AI, virtual reality, holographs, glasses (instead of phones) and 6G transmission speeds are racing at us.
—John Cairney, Sportico.com, 27 Feb. 2025
In the mid-1950s, Oberon married a wealthy Italian industrialist, Bruno Pagliai, based in Mexico.
—Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet started as the residence of sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington and her husband, industrialist Archer Milton Huntington.
—Caroline Eubanks, Travel + Leisure, 24 Feb. 2025
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Matt Shaw, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
These are important questions for sport industrialists to embrace, because Generative AI, virtual reality, holographs, glasses (instead of phones) and 6G transmission speeds are racing at us.
—John Cairney, Sportico.com, 27 Feb. 2025
In the mid-1950s, Oberon married a wealthy Italian industrialist, Bruno Pagliai, based in Mexico.
—Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet started as the residence of sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington and her husband, industrialist Archer Milton Huntington.
—Caroline Eubanks, Travel + Leisure, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Industrialist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/industrialist. Accessed 13 Mar. 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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