entrepreneur

IPA: ɑntrʌprʌnˈɝ

A person who organizes and operates a business venture and assumes much of the associated risk.
A person who organizes a risky activity of any kind and acts substantially in the manner of a business entrepreneur.
A person who strives for success and takes on risk by starting their own venture, service, etc.

Examples of "entrepreneur" in Sentences

The word entrepreneur derives from the French word that refers to the source of the event, the one who initiates.
From an etymological point-of-view, the word entrepreneur is based on the Sanskrit word "Antha Prerna," which in translation means "self-motivated."
IPO was a set of initials known to most college graduates, and the word entrepreneur hit the covers of books on the New York Times best-seller list.
My understanding is that it was he who invented the term entrepreneur and who coined the phrase in order to explain why the market economy was so successful.
Most commonly, the term entrepreneur applies to someone who creates value by offering a product or service, by carving out a niche in the market that may not exist currently.