business icon

Famous corporate leader

A business icon is a person who embodies exceptional success or influence in commerce and industry—someone whose achievements have made them a symbol of entrepreneurial triumph.

The term suggests lasting cultural recognition beyond mere wealth: Steve Jobs, Oprah Winfrey, and Warren Buffett are business icons.

She studied the strategies of business icons to build her own company.

mogulInfluential industry leader
media mogulCommunications industry titan
tycoonDominant industrial leader
captain of industryPowerful business leader
entrepreneurOne who starts businesses

self-made man · titan · magnate · Fortune 500 · logo · symbol · emblem · visionary · CEO · corner office · empire · suit · power suit · boardroom · success · wealth · power · influence

Opposites

fame and recognition

business iconnobody

Inconsequential person

unknown quantity · average Joe

success and achievement

business iconhas-been

Former notable, now irrelevant

washout · flop · also-ran · one-hit wonder

influence and impact

business iconbit player

Minor role performer

nobody special · small fry · flash in the pan

Family

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Familiarity: Top 200,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G