Businessperson

A businessperson is a generic term for someone who is employed at a profit-oriented enterprise, or more specifically, someone who is involved in the management (at any level) of a company. The term businessperson almost always refers to someone with a "white collar" occupation.

A businessperson with some of the typical accoutrements of her or his profession: briefcase and mobile phone.

Businessperson is used in place of the words businessman or businesswoman to avoid sexism and to avoid unnecessarily perpetuating stereotypes if used generically.^[1] In colloquial Western speech businessman or businesswoman are sometimes used.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Business magnate
• Entrepreneur
• Financier
• Industrialist
• List of corporate leaders
• Gender-neutral language

References

1. Random House (2005). "Sensitive Language". Random House, Inc. Retrieved 11 December. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); External link in |work= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)