financier
Wealthy investment professional
A financier is a person who manages large amounts of money, especially one who provides capital for businesses or deals in high-stakes investment.
The term suggests wealth and influence in banking, private equity, or corporate finance: a Wall Street financier, The project attracted several prominent financiers.
The word can carry connotations of power and sometimes shadiness.
Financial supporter
- sponsorFunder of activities
- benefactorOne who gives aid
- philanthropistDonor to charitable causes
- donorOne who contributes freely
underwriter · angel · supporter · patron · Medici · arts · endowment · foundation
Dominant industrial leader
- baronLow-ranking peer
- mogulInfluential industry leader
- industrialistMajor manufacturing business owner
- oligarchMember of small ruling class
plutocrat · robber-baron · kingpin · powerbroker · dynast · titan · magnate · billionaire
Borrowed money repaid later
- creditRecognition or payment deferral
- mortgageSecured home loan
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
- capitalWealth used for investment
portfolio · underwriter · dealmaker · lender · creditor · securities · bonds · assets
New business enterprise
- entrepreneurOne who starts businesses
- seedEmbryonic plant capsule
- backingAid or sponsorship
- fundingSupplying monetary resources
equity · stake · round · accelerator · incubator · pitch · valuation · exit
Edible tree nut
- confectionElaborate sweet preparation
- pâtisserieFrench sweet-goods establishment
- cakeFrosted baked dessert
- spongeAbsorbent cleaning material
French · teatime · bakery · dessert · delicacy · ganache · marzipan · rectangular
backer
Financial supporter
- sponsorFunder of activities
- benefactorOne who gives aid
- philanthropistDonor to charitable causes
donor · underwriter · angel · supporter · patron · Medici · arts · endowment · foundation · grant
tycoon
Dominant industrial leader
- baronLow-ranking peer
- mogulInfluential industry leader
- industrialistMajor manufacturing business owner
oligarch · plutocrat · robber-baron · kingpin · powerbroker · dynast · titan · magnate · billionaire · millionaire
loan
Borrowed money repaid later
- creditRecognition or payment deferral
- mortgageSecured home loan
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
capital · portfolio · underwriter · dealmaker · lender · creditor · securities · bonds · assets · leverage
startup
New business enterprise
- entrepreneurOne who starts businesses
- seedEmbryonic plant capsule
- backingAid or sponsorship
funding · equity · stake · round · accelerator · incubator · pitch · valuation · exit · IPO
almond
Edible tree nut
- confectionElaborate sweet preparation
- pâtisserieFrench sweet-goods establishment
- cakeFrosted baked dessert
sponge · French · teatime · bakery · dessert · delicacy · ganache · marzipan · rectangular · golden
- bakerybread, cake, cookie, muffins, donuts
- dessertscake, cookies, pie, cupcakes, pudding
- French cuisinebaguette, croissant, coq au vin, crepe suzette, croissants
- bite-sized treatspetit fours, mini cupcakes, cake pops, donut holes, brownie bites
- business jobsaccountant, consultant, analyst, manager, banker
- business mogulstycoon, mogul, magnate, billionaire, titan
financierpauper
Person in extreme poverty
debtor · wage earner · beggar · bankrupt · working poor
financierborrower
One who takes temporarily
debtor · supplicant · grantee · beneficiary · entrepreneur
financierworker
Person who toils
laborer · proletarian · working class · employee · wage slave
- financial aidFunding for education expenses
- financial recoveryReturn to economic health
- financial protectionSafeguard against monetary loss
- financial crisisSevere economic system breakdown
- financial collapseCatastrophic failure of markets
- financial ruinComplete loss of wealth
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