conglomerateur

Also con·glom·er·a·tor

[kuhn-glom-er-uh-tur, kuhng-]

noun

1. a person who forms a corporate conglomerate by acquiring a group of companies, services, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of conglomerateur¹

1965–70; conglomerate + -eur, probably extracted from entrepreneur

Example Sentences

He’s the wiry, white-haired conglomerateur who’s part Buffett, part Sam Walton, part Roger Federer.

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That is what they called Sean Quinn — canny conglomerateur to his friends, wily rogue to his enemies and, until recently, the richest man in Ireland.

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But Mocha has no dreams of becoming a conglomerateur.

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Even its star picture--a 1916 Modigliani nude whose rosy skin and cute pubic patch would, one might have thought, rouse the cupidity of any redblooded conglomerateur--failed to reach its $10 million estimate.

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The plan worked well for the insurance and manufacturing companies, but ITT Corp.'s stock did not follow suit, because Araskog kept on scratching the conglomerateur's itch: in 1994 he paid $500 million for a 50% interest in Madison Square Garden and its major tenants, hockey's New York Rangers and basketball's New York Knicks.

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