businessperson
Sign in to saveA businessperson, also referred to as a businessman or businesswoman, is an individual who has founded, owns, or holds shares in (including as an angel investor) a private-sector company. A businessperson undertakes activities (commercial or industrial) to generate cash flow, sales, and revenue by using a combination of human, financial, intellectual, and physical capital to fuel economic development and growth.
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A businessperson is someone who owns, founded, or invests in a private-sector company and works to generate profit and revenue by combining various resources like money, people, ideas, and equipment. Businesspeople matter because their activities create jobs, drive economic growth, and generate the sales and cash flow that fuel broader economic development.
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- Occupation.name
- Businessperson
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- BG Group-CNOOC signing ceremony in Brisbane hosted by QGC (8712724787).jpg
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- CNOOC Group Chairman Wang Yilin (left) shaking hands with BG Group CEO Chris Finlayson in 2013
- Occupation.type
- Business
- Occupation.activity_sector
- Private
- Occupation.formation
- Qualification is not required
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8 sectionsContents
- History
- Medieval period: Rise of the merchant class
- Renaissance to Enlightenment: Rise of the capitalist
- Modern period: Rise of the business magnate
- Salary
- Entrepreneurship
- See also
- References
A businessperson, also referred to as a businessman or businesswoman, is an individual who has founded, owns, or holds shares in (including as an angel investor) a private-sector company. A businessperson undertakes activities (commercial or industrial) to generate cash flow, sales, and revenue by using a combination of human, financial, intellectual, and physical capital to fuel economic development and growth.
== History == === Medieval period: Rise of the merchant class === Merchants emerged as a social class in medieval Italy. Between 1300 and 1500, modern accounting, the bill of exchange, and limited liability were invented, and thus, the world saw "the first true bankers", who were certainly businesspeople.