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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In 2023, Catapult Chief Executive Koch — the daughter of billionaire industrialist and businessman Charles Koch — launched another pet project in 2021, Unlikely Collaborators, a nonprofit storytelling and experiential organization.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

No industrialist embraced the soybean more enthusiastically than Henry Ford.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

Social life revolves around the Shoreby Club, housed in the restored 1890s mansion originally built for industrialist Samuel Mather.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Edward Betts originally paid £800 for the work, but a banking crisis forced the industrialist to sell the work along with the rest of his collection in 1868.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Rumor had it that the school had been funded by the wealthy industrialist Andrew Carnegie.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

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