Business people

List of business people with definitions and example sentences

Accountant

an employee who prepares an organization's financial documents like profit statement:

• Every organization needs one professional accountant.

Administrator

an employee who organizes the policies and procedures of an organization:

• The office administrator will prepare the meeting.

Agent

a person or company that acts for another person or company:

• You cannot sell your house without a real-estate agent.

Analyst

an employee who examines data, and gives his opinion:

• The political analysts conducted public opinion survey.

Associate

a person who works with you in a business; colleague, co-worker:

• Nancy and Susan are my business associates.

Attorney-in-fact

a person who is authorized to represent others in a business:

The actions will be taken by the attorney-in-fact.

Auditor

a person who officially inspects the financial statements of a company for accuracy:

• The external auditors will examine the accounts.

Banker

a person with an important job in a bank or other financial institution:

• They are famous investment bankers in New Jersey.

Baron

an extremely powerful businessperson

• Mohammed Al Amoudi, the oil baron of Saudi Arabia

Board

a group of people who are elected to organize a company or other organizations:

• The board of directors approved the decision about the new project.

Bookkeeper

an employee who records financial transactions such as purchases and sales systematically

• He is a self-employed bookkeeper.

Boss

a person who is in charge of employees

• He is the boss of a company.

Businessman (also businessperson, fem: businesswoman)

a person who works in a business:

• Jeff Bezos is one of the richest businessmen.

Captain of industry

a person who owns a large and important company:

• They were America’s captains of industry in 1800’s.

CEO (chief executive officer)

a managing director of an organization who reports to the board of directors:

• Being CEO is the hardest position in a company.

Chairman (also chairperson, fem: chairwoman)

a senior person elected by the board of directors who runs the board’s meetings:

• The chairman of the board called for the board meeting.

Consultant

an experienced person who gives advice or information:

• We need the help of a financial consultant.

Coordinator

a person who makes the various groups work together most effectively:

• As coordinator, his job is to oversee the whole project.

Dealer

a person or company that buys products from a producer for selling them

• He is a dealer in new and used cars.

Distributor

a person or company that supplies products to retailers:

• The company is the largest film distributor in Canada.

Entrepreneur

a person who runs or starts his own business:

• Successful entrepreneurs are always prepared for the risks.

Executive (informal: exec)

a senior person who directs and oversees other people in an organization:

• The meeting with the senior executives will be held on Wednesday.

Financier

a person who provides a large amount of money to make a profit:

• They are looking for financiers for the project.

Industrialist

an owner of an industrial enterprise:

• The British Industrialist, The Father of the South Yorkshire Iron Trade, Sir John Brown

Investor

a person who invests money in something to make a profit:

• The government will issue new policies to attract overseas investors.

Leader

a person who controls a group, country, organization etc.:

• Fidel Castro was the political leader of Cuba.

Loanshark

a person who gives cash loan at extremely rates of interest, and recovers it by threats of violence:

• He had been threatened by a loanshark.

Magnate (also mogul)

a rich and influential person in a business:

• Michael Dell is a well-known computer magnate.

Manager

a person who manages a team of people in an organization:

• task manager/bank manager/hotel manager/store manager

Middleman

a person who buys products from a producer and sells them to customers:

• Cut out the middleman to lower the price.

Moneylender

a person who gives cash loan, usually at high rates of interest:

• We think taking a loan from moneylenders is not a good idea.

Office worker

an employee in an office:

• Office workers usually suffer from back pain.

Oligarch

a powerful person who is the member of a small group that controls a country:

• The oligarchs influence the politics.

Partner

one of the top people who do business together and shares the profits and liabilities equally:

The partner who does not take part in the management of the business is called a silent partner or sleeping partner.  

• Tony is a senior partner in a law firm.

Proprietor

the owner of a business without limited responsibility:

• a hotel/shop proprietor

Secretary

an employee who maintains diaries, answers telephone calls, arranges appointments for the boss:

• I telephoned the secretary to arrange an appointment with the lawyer.

Stakeholder

a person or a company that has a share in an organization:

• The investors are the important stakeholders in our company.

Supremo (informal)

a skillful person who has authority in a business:

• The Apple supremo, Tim Cook

Trustee

a person who manages property or money for the benefit of another:

• The board of trustees of the state university

Tycoon

a successful and powerful person in a business:

• Rupert Murdoch is one of the richest media tycoons.

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