industrialist
noun
in·dus·tri·al·ist in-ˈdə-strē-ə-list 
: one owning or engaged in the management of an industry : manufacturer
Example Sentences
a meeting of industrialists to discuss environmental issues
Recent Examples on the Web The story of Casa Feliz starts in 1932, when Rogers began work on Casa Feliz as a winter home for Massachusetts industrialist Robert Bruce Barbour during the Great Depression. 
Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2022 The building, built by Hugh Clark Murray, Willimantic’s leading mercantile, industrialist, and banker, sits on the corner of Main and Church streets. Melanie Savage, Hartford Courant, 26 Aug. 2022 Like Galt and his friends, the movie showed Musk as a great industrialist: independent, outspoken and fearless. Jeff Bradford, Forbes, 23 May 2022 The art museum, which industrialist Ralph Hubbard Norton and his wife Elizabeth Calhoun Norton founded in 1941, is now the largest museum in Florida. Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 5 Feb. 2022 Leonardo Del Vecchio, the Italian industrialist who built an eyewear empire that spanned from Ray-Ban to some of the biggest fashion brands, has died. Nick Kostov, WSJ, 27 June 2022 The town was originally named after David H. Moffat, an industrialist who contributed heavily to the development of railroads and mines in Colorado. Zoe Sottile, CNN, 19 June 2022 However, when Culinan’s daughter became engaged, the oil industrialist decided to commission Staub to design her a house on the property as a wedding present, according to Hedley Karpas, the property’s agent. Katharine Jose, Chron, 16 June 2022 Their friend Bob O’Brien, a wealthy industrialist, built the first pickleball court on his property; Slade Gorton, a state attorney general and later a U.S. senator, built courts at his homes in Olympia and on Whidbey Island. Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022 See More
Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2022 The building, built by Hugh Clark Murray, Willimantic’s leading mercantile, industrialist, and banker, sits on the corner of Main and Church streets. Melanie Savage, Hartford Courant, 26 Aug. 2022 Like Galt and his friends, the movie showed Musk as a great industrialist: independent, outspoken and fearless. Jeff Bradford, Forbes, 23 May 2022 The art museum, which industrialist Ralph Hubbard Norton and his wife Elizabeth Calhoun Norton founded in 1941, is now the largest museum in Florida. Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 5 Feb. 2022 Leonardo Del Vecchio, the Italian industrialist who built an eyewear empire that spanned from Ray-Ban to some of the biggest fashion brands, has died. Nick Kostov, WSJ, 27 June 2022 The town was originally named after David H. Moffat, an industrialist who contributed heavily to the development of railroads and mines in Colorado. Zoe Sottile, CNN, 19 June 2022 However, when Culinan’s daughter became engaged, the oil industrialist decided to commission Staub to design her a house on the property as a wedding present, according to Hedley Karpas, the property’s agent. Katharine Jose, Chron, 16 June 2022 Their friend Bob O’Brien, a wealthy industrialist, built the first pickleball court on his property; Slade Gorton, a state attorney general and later a U.S. senator, built courts at his homes in Olympia and on Whidbey Island. Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1839, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
industrialist
noun
in·dus·tri·al·ist in-ˈdə-strē-ə-list
: a person who owns or engages in the management of an industry