big-time operator

baron businessman businesswoman capitalist dealer employer entrepreneur executive financier industrialist manager merchandiser merchant operator storekeeper suit trafficker tycoon

big wheel career person franchiser gray flannel suit organization person small potatoes the bacon tradesperson wheeler-dealer working woman

customer

celebrity dignitary luminary

VIP chief eminence executive figure heavyweight high-up hot dog leader lion magnate mogul name notability personage personality pooh-bah power somebody star superstar worthy

big name big shot big wheel

commoner nobody

lowlife unknown

horse trader operator

Yankee horse trader big shot gamesman strategist