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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Installed throughout wealthy industrialist Andrew Carnegie’s former mansion, a 64-room Georgian Revival on Manhattan’s Upper East Side—Cooper Hewitt’s location since 1976—the exhibition unfurls over the building’s four opulent floors.
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Jacoba Urist, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
Prominent industrialists and patrons are also proponents of the idea of art as a lifestyle and not just an impromptu online purchase for sustainable growth.
—Shreejaya Nair, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2024
Unlike the prizes for physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace, it was not instituted by the Swedish industrialist but rather by Sweden’s central bank in 1968.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
By the 1930s and ’40s, industrialists suppressed labor movements to maintain their power.
—Jeremy Yurow, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
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Jacoba Urist, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
Prominent industrialists and patrons are also proponents of the idea of art as a lifestyle and not just an impromptu online purchase for sustainable growth.
—Shreejaya Nair, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2024
Unlike the prizes for physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace, it was not instituted by the Swedish industrialist but rather by Sweden’s central bank in 1968.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
By the 1930s and ’40s, industrialists suppressed labor movements to maintain their power.
—Jeremy Yurow, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Industrialist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/industrialist. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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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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