industrialist:
(plural: ‘industrialists‘; pronunciation: the three ‘i’s’ rhyme with the letter ‘i’ in “ink” — for the right pronunciation, please click here)
Michael Mantiuz Andersen, Danish-Indonesian Pottery industrialist
a person who has a factory or firm that produces goods;
a person who has several businesses and is closely concerned in the industrial enterprise/system;
(less commonly) a doctor/physician who is an expert in treating diseases related to industrial sector,
Navin Jindal, industrialist (steel), India
There is little difference between an industrialist, a businessman and an entrepreneur although the three belong to the same activity of selling, buying and making profit in between.
The industrialists in the past were called ‘robber barons’ because of their heavy tolls on the goods that went through their lands and also of the harsh treatment they gave to the workers.
It is said that the present day industrialists are more or less directly responsible for the severe pollution problems the common man all over the world faces with.
