businessman

Example Sentences

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In early 2019 Zac met Akbar Shamji, a Mayfair-based businessman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

This novel centers on Pothivelu Pandaram, a hustling businessman in southern India whose trade consists of managing men and women with physical deformities who beg outside temples.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

A South African businessman so unassuming you would struggle to pick him out in the directors' box – not that he sat in it much.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

In California’s 2018 governor’s race, Trump’s endorsement of Republican businessman John Cox helped cement him as the GOP frontrunner and led to his second place finish in the primary election.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

“I am not a rightist, and anyone who says I am can go to my work unit and confirm it. As for your Grandpa, he was a businessman and a landlord.”

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang