business owner
Runs a company
A business owner is someone who owns and typically operates a commercial enterprise.
The term encompasses everything from sole proprietors running small shops to founders of large corporations, though it most often suggests hands-on involvement: As a small business owner, she handles everything from inventory to payroll.
The phrase emphasizes entrepreneurial identity and personal stake in the venture.
- proprietorBusiness holder
- entrepreneurOne who starts businesses
- founderOne who begins something
- self-employedWorking independently, not hired
- merchantOne who sells wares
own boss · businessperson · solopreneur · microbusiness · enterprise · freelancer · consulting · tradesperson · startup · shopowner · mom-and-pop · brick and mortar · financial independence · bottom line · payroll · tax season · independent contractor · visionary
- work termsboss, job, manager, career, company
- entrepreneursfounder, co-founder, startup founder, serial entrepreneur, sole proprietor
- ownershomeowner, homeowners, landowner, landlords, shareholders
- self-employedfreelancers, freelancer, freelance, solopreneur, independent contractors
- self-employmentself-employed, freelancing, self-employment, sole proprietorship, sole proprietor
- business leadersCEO, director, presidente, executive, founder
business owneremployee
Hired organizational member
worker · wage earner · hired hand · salaried worker · subordinate
business ownerproletarian
Wage laborer, no capital
the proletariat · working class · labor · wage slave · have-nots
business, owner, owned, ownership, owning, ownerless, business owners