How to say "entrepreneur" in Japanese

• 企業家きぎょうかCommon
  nounCovers the entrepreneur in the sense of someone who founds and runs a business venture, emphasizing the enterprise itself. A natural choice when 'entrepreneur' is meant in its positive, venture-founding sense.
  その会社かいしゃは戦後せんごすぐに同社どうしゃを始はじめた何人なんにんかの企業家きぎょうかが保有ほゆうしている。↗

  The company is owned by a group of entrepreneurs who started it right after the war.
• 実業家じつぎょうかJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounIts core sense is businessperson or businessman; it suits a person engaged in business or industry generally. For 'entrepreneur' in the venture-founding sense it is a looser fit, and 企業家 is usually the more precise word.
  トムは実業家じつぎょうかになるのに向むいている。↗

  Tom is fit to become a businessman.

Both words can translate 'entrepreneur'; choose 企業家 when emphasizing founding and running an enterprise, and 実業家 when the person is simply a business figure, which is that word's core sense.

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• 企業家きぎょうかindustrialist
• 実業家じつぎょうかbusinessperson
• アントルプルヌールentrepreneur
• 起業家きぎょうかentrepreneur
• ハスラーhustler
• 事業主じぎょうぬしbusiness owner
• 営業者えいぎょうしゃbusiness operator