businessperson

[ biz-nis-pur-suhn ]

noun

1. a person regularly employed in business, especially a white-collar worker, executive, or owner.

businessperson

/ ˈbɪznɪsˌpɜrsən /

noun

1. a person engaged in commercial or industrial business, esp as an owner or executive

Gender Note

Is it businessman, businesswoman, or businessperson? See -person.

Usage

See businessman

Word History and Origins

Origin of businessperson¹

An Americanism dating back to 1970–75; business(man) + -person

Example Sentences

As a businessperson, I typically focus on problems I must deal with, so I’ve never thought deeply about what challenges the global music industry is facing.

From Time

Whether you’re a businessperson or bystander, this is my best effort to lay everything out.

From Singularity Hub 

If you are the kind of businessperson who envies a subscription model, like Netflix’s, because it guarantees a steady flow of revenue — well, it sounds terrible to say so, but dialysis patients are about as loyal as any subscriber can be.

From Freakonomics

Incidentally, all of their CEOs appear on our Businessperson of the Year list—Jeff Bezos at No.

From Fortune

That wealth is largely in Tesla shares, which have climbed over 1,000% since July 2019—a feat that helped him earn the title of Fortune’s Businessperson of the Year.

From Fortune

It was a life-changing immersion, one I would recommend for every serious foreign journalist or businessperson.

From The Daily Beast

There remain plenty of national Republicans a businessperson can love.

From The Daily Beast

But I think overall people still respected me as a businessperson.

From The Daily Beast

Our viewer is a businessperson who cares about the global story as it relates to the economy and markets.

From The Daily Beast

This led to certain expectations—nearly all of which, surely, were dashed the moment any credible businessperson read the book.

From The Daily Beast