#capitalist a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business)
supertype: person__individual__someone__somebody__mortal__human__human_being__humanbeing__soul a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
instance: John_Jacob_Astor
subtype: businessperson__bourgeois__bourgeoi engages in industrial commercial enterprise
subtype: accountant__comptroller__controller someone who maintains and audits business accounts
subtype: auditor someone who audits accounts
subtype: bookkeeper someone who records the transactions of a business
subtype: certified_public_accountant__CPA an accountant certified by the state
subtype: chartered_accountant__charteredaccountant a British accountant who is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
subtype: cost_accountant a specialist in the systematic recording and analysis of the costs incident to production
subtype: account_executive__accountexecutive__account_representative__accountrepresentative__registered_representative__customer's_broker__customer's_man someone in charge of a client's account for an advertising agency or brokerage or other service business
subtype: broker__agent__factor a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
subtype: auctioneer an agent who conducts an auction
subtype: insurance_broker__insurancebroker__insurance_agent__insuranceagent__general_agent__generalagent an agent who sells insurance
subtype: investment_banker__underwriter a banker who deals chiefly in underwriting new securities
subtype: killer_bee an investment banker who devises strategies to make a target company less attractive for takeover
subtype: realtor__real_estate_broker__real_estate_agent__estate_agent__land_agent__house_agent__houseagent a person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land; "in England they call a realtor a land agent"
subtype: ship_broker an agent for the ship owner; obtains cargo and may arrange for its loading or discharge
subtype: stockbroker an agent in the buying and selling of stocks and bonds
subtype: syndic one appointed to represent a city or university or corporation in business transactions
subtype: travel_agent someone who sells or arranges trips or tours for customers
subtype: businessman__man_of_affairs a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)
subtype: arbitrageur__arbitrager__arb someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential)
subtype: baron__big_businessman__bigbusinessman__business_leader__king__magnate__mogul__power__top_executive__topexecutive__tycoon a very wealthy or powerful businessman: "an oil baron"
subtype: oil_tycoon__oiltycoon a powerful person in the oil business
subtype: businesswoman a female businessman
subtype: brothel_keeper__brothelkeeper__madam a woman who runs a house of prostitution
subtype: industrialist someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise
instance: Andrew_Carnegie__Carnegie Peter_Cooper__Cooper Glenn_Hammond_Curtiss__Curtiss__Glenn_Curtiss Gottlieb_Daimler__Daimler John_Deere__Deere George_Eastman__Eastman Henry_Ford__Ford Edsel_Bryant_Ford__Ford Henry_Ford_II__Ford Henry_Clay_Frick__Frick Gillette__King_Camp_Gilette Meyer_Guggenheim__Guggenheim Henry_John_Heinz__Heinz William_Henry_Hoover__Hoover__William_Hoover Howard_Robard_Hughes__Hughes__Howard_Hughes Friedrich_Krupp__Krupp Edwin_Herbert_Land__Land__Din_Land First_Viscount_Nuffield__Nuffield__William_Richard_Morris Wilhelm_von_Opel__Opel Elisha_Graves_Otis__Otis Robert_Owen__Owen Sri_Frederick_Handley_Page__Page John_Davison_Rockefeller__Rockefeller__John_D._Rockefeller Igor_Ivanovich_Sikorsky__Sikorsky__Igor_Sikorsky Ernest_Solvay__Solvay
subtype: oilman.businessman a person who owns or operates oil wells
subtype: wildcatter an oilman who drills exploratory wells in territory not known to be an oil field
subtype: operator.businessman someone who owns or operates a business; "who is the operator of this franchise?"
subtype: supermarketer an operator of a supermarket
subtype: proprietor__owner someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; "he is the owner of a chain of restaurants"
subtype: bookseller the proprietor of a bookstore
subtype: lessor__lease_giver__leasegiver someone who grants a lease
subtype: letter.proprietor owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
subtype: patronne__patron (Italian) the proprietor of an inn
subtype: innkeeper__host the owner or manager of an inn
subtype: hostess a woman innkeeper
subtype: padrone.innkeeper an owner or proprietor of an inn in Italy
subtype: victualer__victualler an innkeeper (especially British)
subtype: proprietress a woman proprietor
subtype: newspaper_publisher__newspaperpublisher__publisher the proprietor of a newspaper
subtype: press_lord__presslord a powerful newspaper proprietor
instance: 1st_Baron_Beaverbrook__Beaverbrook__William_Maxwell_Aitken Alfred_Charles_William_Harmsworth__Harmsworth__Viscount_Northcliffe Benjamin_Harris__Harris William_Randolph_Hearst__Hearst Joseph_Pulitzer__Pulitzer James_Edmund_Scripps__Scripps Edward_Wyllis_Scripps__Scripps
subtype: renter an owner who receives payment for the use of their property by another
subtype: restaurateur__restauranter the proprietor of a restaurant
subtype: saloon_keeper the proprietor of a saloon
subtype: small_businessman__smallbusinessman a businessman who runs a business employing less than 100 people
subtype: concessionaire__concessioner someone who holds or operates a concession
subtype: syndicator a businessman who forms a syndicate
subtype: transactor someone who conducts or carries on business or negotiations
instance: Ezra_Cornell__Cornell Edward_Henry_Harriman__Harriman__E._H._Harriman James_Jerome_Hill__Hill__J._J._Hill Collis_Potter_Huntington__Huntington First_Baron_Marks_of_Broughton__Marks__Simon_Marks David_Sarnoff__Sarnoff Leland_Stanford__Stanford George_Stephenson__Stephenson Henry_Villard__Villard John_Wanamaker__Wanamaker Asron_Montgomery_Ward__Ward__Montgomery_Ward Frank_Winfield_Woolworth__Woolworth Rudolf_Wurlitzer__Wurlitzer
subtype: entrepreneur__enterpriser someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it
instance: William_Henry_Gates__Gates__Bill_Gates Sir_Clive_Marles_Sinclair__Sinclair__Clive_Sinclair
subtype: exporter a businessperson who transports goods abroad (for sale)
subtype: importer someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country)
subtype: merchant__merchandiser a businessperson engaged in retail trade
subtype: baker someone who bakes commercially
subtype: bookdealer__book_seller a dealer in books; a merchant who sells books
subtype: meatman__butcher a retailer of meat
subtype: pork_butcher (British) a vendor of pork and products made from pork
subtype: clothier__haberdasher a merchant who sells men's clothing
subtype: fishmonger__fishwife someone who sells fish
subtype: grain_merchant__grainmerchant a merchant who deals in food grains
subtype: grocer a retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies)
subtype: greengrocer (British) a grocer who sells fresh fruits and vegetables
subtype: ironmonger__hardwareman someone who sells hardware; "in England they call a hardwareman an ironmonger"
subtype: jeweler__jeweller someone in the business of selling jewelry
subtype: milliner a merchant who designs and sells hats
subtype: poultryman__poulterer a dealer in poultry and poultry products
subtype: retailer__retail_merchant a merchant who sells goods at retail
subtype: chandler.retailer a retail dealer in provisions and supplies
subtype: ship's_chandler a dealer in sails and ropes and other supplies for sailing ships
subtype: licensee__licencee someone to who a license is granted
subtype: rug_merchant__rugmerchant a merchant who sells rugs
subtype: salt_merchant__salter someone who makes or deals in salt
subtype: schlockmeister__shlockmeister (slang) a merchant who deals in shoddy or inferior merchandise
subtype: seller__marketer__vender__vendor__trafficker someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money
subtype: ticket_agent__booking_clerk someone who sells tickets (e.g., theater seats or travel accommodations)
subtype: cosmetician someone who sells or applies cosmetics
subtype: flower_girl.seller__flowergirl a woman who sells flowers in the street
subtype: fruiterer (British) a person who sells fruit
subtype: cheap-jack__cheapjack__huckster a seller of shoddy goods
subtype: costermonger__barrow-man__barrow-boy a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow
subtype: pedlar__peddler__packman__hawker__pitchman someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
subtype: chapman archaic term for an itinerant peddler
subtype: muffin_man (British) formerly an itinerant peddler of muffins
subtype: sandboy (British) a peddler of sand at a seashore resort; used now only to express great happiness in the expression "happy as a sandboy"
subtype: selling_agent__sellingagent someone who sells goods (on commission) for others
subtype: trafficker__dealer a seller of illicit goods; "a trafficker in stolen cars"
subtype: drug_peddler__pusher__peddler__drug_dealer__drug_trafficker an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
subtype: underseller a seller that sells at a lower price than others do; "he went all over town looking for undersellers"
subtype: shopkeeper__tradesman__storekeeper__market_keeper a merchant who owns or manages a shop
subtype: dry_cleaner__drycleaner__cleaner the operator of dry-cleaning establishment
subtype: florist someone who grows and deals in flowers; "the florist made up an attractive bouquet"
subtype: hosier a tradesman who sells hosiery (and (in England) knitwear)
subtype: newsagent__newsdealer__newsvendor__newsstand_operator__newsstandoperator someone who sells newspapers
subtype: tobacconist a retail dealer in tobacco and tobacco-related articles
subtype: stationer__stationeryseller a merchant who sells writing materials and office supplies
subtype: trader__bargainer__dealer__monger someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
subtype: art_dealer__artdealer a dealer in works of art requiring esthetic evaluation
subtype: print_seller__printseller someone who sells etchings and engravings etc.
subtype: barterer a trader who exchanges goods and not money
subtype: bibliopole__bibliopolist a dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books)
subtype: cutler a dealer in cutlery
subtype: draper a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods)
subtype: linendraper (British) a retail dealer in yard goods
subtype: fence (informal) a dealer in stolen property
subtype: horse_trader__horsetrader a hard bargainer
subtype: mercer (British) a dealer in textiles (especially silks)
subtype: seedsman__seedman a dealer in seeds
subtype: slopseller (British) a dealer in cheap ready-made clothing
subtype: stamp_dealer__stampdealer a dealer in stamps (whose customers are stamp collectors)
subtype: stock_trader__stocktrader someone who buys and sells stock shares
subtype: profit_taker someone who sells stock shares at a profit
subtype: stockjobber (British) one who deals only with brokers or other jobbers
subtype: merchant-venturer__venturer a merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas)
subtype: vintner__wine_merchant someone who sells wine
instance: Charles_Henry_Harrod__Harrod Charles_Digby_Harrod__Harrod
subtype: shipper.businessperson someone who ships goods
subtype: consigner__consignor the person who delivers over or commits merchandise
subtype: supplier__provider someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity
subtype: black_marketeer__blackmarketeer someone who engages illegally in trade in scarce or controlled commodities
subtype: caterer someone who provides food and service (as for a party)
subtype: connection.supplier a supplier (especially of narcotics)
subtype: dispenser.supplier a person who dispenses
subtype: distributor__distributer someone who markets merchandise
subtype: jobber__middleman__wholesaler someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
subtype: meat_packer__packer a wholesaler in the meat-packing business
instance: Gustavus_Franklin_Swift__Swift
subtype: ship_chandler a dealer in equipment and supplies for ships
subtype: wool_stapler a dealer in wool
subtype: purveyor someone who supplies provisions (especially food)
subtype: recruiter.supplier someone who supplies members or employees
subtype: headhunter (informal) a recruiter of personnel (especially for corporations)
subtype: talent_scout__scout someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)
subtype: stockist one (as a retailer or distributor) that stocks goods
subtype: sutler__victualer__victualler__provisioner a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army
subtype: financier__moneyman a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
subtype: banker someone who owns or is an executive in a bank
subtype: cashier__teller__bank_clerk an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
instance: Rothschild
subtype: city_man a financier who works in one of the banks in the City of London
subtype: principal.financier__dealer the major party to a financial transaction; buys and sells for his own account
subtype: broker-dealer a financial specialist who trades for his own account and so acts both as a broker and principal
instance: James_Buchanan_Brady__Brady__Diamond_Jim_Brady__Diamond_Jim Jay_Cooke__Cooke Cosimo_de_Medici__Cosimo_the_Elder Stephen_Girard__Girard Jay_Gould__Gould Sir_Thomas_Gresham__Gresham William_Averell_Harriman__Harriman__Averell_Harriman Hopkins__Johns_Hopkins Andrew_William_Mellon__Mellon__Andrew_Mellon__Andrew_W._Mellon John_Pierpont_Morgan__Morgan__J._P._Morgan Robert_Morris__Morris Cecil_John_Rhodes__Rhodes__Cecil_Rhodes__Cecil_J._Rhodes Haym_Salomon__Salomon Cornelius_Vanderbilt__Vanderbilt__Commodore_VAnderbilt
subtype: holder.capitalist__bearer the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it; "the bond was marked `payable to bearer'"
subtype: ticket_holder holder of a ticket (for admission or for passage)
subtype: accumulator__collector__gatherer a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
subtype: conductor.accumulator the person who collects fares on a public conveyance
subtype: conductress__conductres a woman conductor
subtype: gleaner someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully
subtype: rent_collector a person who goes from house to house collecting rents for the owner
instance: Isabella_Stewart_Gardner__Gardner
subtype: tenant a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)
subtype: cotenant one of two or more tenants holding title to the same property
subtype: life_tenant a tenant whose legal right to retain possession of buildings or lands lasts as long as they (or some other person) lives
subtype: tenant_farmer a farmer who works land owned by someone else
subtype: investor someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns
subtype: contrarian an investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors
subtype: bear.investor an investor with a pessimistic market outlook
subtype: bondholder a holder of bonds issued by a government or corporation
subtype: bull.investor an investor with an optimistic market outlook
subtype: caller.investor an investor who buys a call option
subtype: depositor a person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution
subtype: withdrawer a depositor who withdraws funds previously deposited
subtype: lender__loaner someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters
subtype: creditor a lender to whom money is owed
subtype: mortgagee__mortgageholder the person who accepts a mortgage; "the bank became our mortgagee when it accepted our mortgage on our new home"
subtype: pawnbroker a person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security
subtype: usurer__loan_shark__moneylender__shylock someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
subtype: rentier someone whose income is from property rents or bond interest and other investments
subtype: stockholder__shareholder__shareowner someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation
subtype: stockholder_of_record the stockholder whose name is registered on the books of the corporation as owning the shares at a particular time
subtype: materialist someone with great regard for worldly possessions
subtype: moneymaker someone who is successful in accumulating wealth
subtype: moneygrubber someone whose main interest in life is moneymaking
subtype: profiteer someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply)
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