financier

1. A person skilled in large scale financial transactions (synset 110109789)
   is a type of: capitalist - a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business)
   subtypes:

   • banker - a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank
   • city man - a financier who works in one of the banks in the City of London
   • dealer, principal - the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account
   specific instances:

   • baruch, bernard baruch, bernard mannes baruch - economic advisor to United States Presidents (1870-1965)
   • brady, diamond jim, diamond jim brady, james buchanan brady - United States financier noted for his love of diamonds and his extravagant lifestyle (1856-1917)
   • cooke, jay cooke - United States financier who marketed Union bonds to finance the American Civil War; the failure of his bank resulted in a financial panic in 1873 (1821-1905)
   • cosimo de medici, cosimo the elder - Italian financier and statesman and friend of the papal court (1389-1464)
   • girard, stephen girard - United States financier (born in France) who helped finance the War of 1812 (1750-1831)
   • gould, jay gould - United States financier who gained control of the Erie Canal and who caused a financial panic in 1869 when he attempted to corner the gold market (1836-1892)
   • gresham, sir thomas gresham - English financier (1519-1579)
   • averell harriman, harriman, william averell harriman - United States financier who negotiated a treaty with the Soviet Union banning tests of nuclear weapons (1891-1986)
   • hopkins, johns hopkins - United States financier and philanthropist who left money to found the university and hospital that bear his name in Baltimore (1795-1873)
   • andrew mellon, andrew w. mellon, andrew william mellon, mellon - United States financier and philanthropist (1855-1937)
   • j. p. morgan, john pierpont morgan, morgan - United States financier and philanthropist (1837-1913)
   • morris, robert morris - leader of the American Revolution who signed the Declaration of Independence and raised money for the Continental Army (1734-1806)
   • cecil j. rhodes, cecil john rhodes, cecil rhodes, rhodes - British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902)
   • haym salomon, salomon - American financier and American Revolutionary War patriot who helped fund the army during the American Revolution (1740?-1785)
   • commodore vanderbilt, cornelius vanderbilt, vanderbilt - United States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and shipping businesses (1794-1877)
   same as: moneyman

1. Conduct financial operations (synset 202422085)
   is a type of: operate, run - direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.

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