businessperson

Example Sentences

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“My bet is that an opportunistic businessperson saw a trend, bought tons of capybara products from Chinese suppliers for very cheap and is selling them for a big profit.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

"The president is a successful businessperson and dealmaker. We are his largest client in so many industries," he remarked.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2025

I didn’t want to have to become a businessperson, but that is what — without a sugar daddy or a trust fund, and outside the confines of academia — being an artist does to you.

From Salon • Nov. 12, 2024

“This should send a shiver down the spine of every Western businessperson who is in China,” he told DealBook.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2024

Her father, Tadao Yamada, was a businessperson, and her mother, Mabel Fujisake Yamada, was a homemaker.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2024