industrialist

American

[in-duhs-tree-uh-list] / ɪnˈdʌs tri ə lɪst /

noun

a person who owns or is involved in the management of an industrial enterprise.

adjective

of, relating to, or characterized by industrialism.

industrialist British

/ ɪnˈdʌstrɪəlɪst /

noun

a person who has a substantial interest in the ownership or control of industrial enterprise

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Etymology

Origin of industrialist

First recorded in 1860–65; industrial + -ist

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industrialist

The relentless look is based on tile work in Montecito’s Casa del Herrero, the 1925 estate of industrialist George Fox Steedman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Among them is Paolo Rocca, the billionaire industrialist whose company lost a contract to supply pipelines for a gas project.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Indian billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani has agreed to pay a multi-million-dollar settlement in a US civil court case linked to corruption without admitting guilt, his company said Friday.

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

His fat cat industrialist Zsa-Zsa Korda is no underground rebel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026

The October 1933 conference, which was devoted specifically to “the structure and properties of the atomic nucleus,” was the seventh in the series founded by the Belgian chemist and industrialist Ernest Solvay in 1911.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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