(きぎょうか)

きぎょうか
noun
entrepreneur
businessoccupation
1. entrepreneur; business founder
A person who starts a new business, especially one who takes on financial risk to do so.
(わか)起業家(きぎょうか)()えている
Young entrepreneurs are increasing.
She is known as a successful entrepreneur.
Nurturing people with entrepreneurial spirit leads to revitalizing the local economy.

起業家(きぎょうか) is composed of 起業(きぎょう) (starting a business) and () (person/expert). It refers to someone who founds a new business venture.

Common collocations

The loanword アントレプレナー is also used, especially in academic and business media contexts, but 起業家(きぎょうか) is more widely understood.