entrepreneur
/ˌɑn·trə·prəˈnɜr/, /-ˈnʊər/ n [C]Definition
› a person who attempts to make a profit by starting a company or by operating alone in the business world, esp. when it involves taking risks: He’s an entrepreneur who made his money in computer software. entrepreneurial /ˌɑn·trə·prəˈnɜr·i·əl/, /-ˈnʊər-/ adj
(Definition of entrepreneur n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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