businessowner
Runs a company
A businessowner is someone who owns and typically operates a business.
The single-word spelling emphasizes the identity rather than the relationship—being a businessowner rather than merely being the owner of a business.
As a small businessowner, she handles everything from accounting to customer service.
The two-word form "business owner" is more common in formal writing.
Small store manager
- innkeeperLodging establishment operator
- hotelierLodging establishment owner
- restaurateurDining business owner
- storeownerRetail business proprietor
landlord · franchisee · operator · publican · barkeep · merchant · tradesman · establishment
Top corporate officer
- executiveSenior organizational leader
- directorOne who leads
- managerOne who directs others
- bossWorkplace superior
decision-maker · strategist · supervisor · administrator · founder · principal · chief · employer
New business enterprise
- founderOne who begins something
- self-employedWorking independently, not hired
- ventureRisky new undertaking
- partnershipShared business arrangement
bootstrapping · franchise · SME · incubator · scalability · enterprise · IPO · networking
Sales to end users
- wholesaleBulk sales to merchants
- tradeExchange of commodities
- marketplaceVenue for commerce
- salesRevenue from goods moved
revenue · profitability · transactions · inventory · e-commerce · supply-chain · margins · storefront
shopkeeper
Small store manager
- innkeeperLodging establishment operator
- hotelierLodging establishment owner
- restaurateurDining business owner
storeowner · landlord · franchisee · operator · publican · barkeep · merchant · tradesman · establishment · premises
CEO
Top corporate officer
boss · decision-maker · strategist · supervisor · administrator · founder · principal · chief · employer · delegation
startup
New business enterprise
- founderOne who begins something
- self-employedWorking independently, not hired
- ventureRisky new undertaking
partnership · bootstrapping · franchise · SME · incubator · scalability · enterprise · IPO · networking · co-founder
retail
Sales to end users
- wholesaleBulk sales to merchants
- tradeExchange of commodities
- marketplaceVenue for commerce
sales · revenue · profitability · transactions · inventory · e-commerce · supply-chain · margins · storefront · brick-and-mortar
businessowneremployee
Hired organizational member
worker · wage earner · hired hand · subordinate · salaried worker
businessownerunderling
Person of lower rank
subordinate · rank and file · foot soldier · minion · grunt
business, owner, busily, busyness, owned, owning, ownership, disown, disowned