financier
noun
fi·nan·cier
ˌfi-nən-ˈsir 
fə-ˌnan-,
ˌfī-
1
: one who specializes in raising and expending public moneys
2
: one who deals with finance and investment on a large scale
Examples of financier in a Sentence
A group of powerful financiers bought out the company.
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The immediate impact of the Trump/Voight plan will be felt most strongly in the independent sector, among the hundreds of producers, distributors, sales agents and financiers heading to the Cannes film market.
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2025
Its founder, Andrew Grauer, got his first investment from his father, a prominent financier who still sits on the company’s board.
—Emily Baker-White, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
The leveraged buyout, the eye-watering interest rates, the hundreds of millions of pounds of debt may have been unpalatable to many, including numerous financiers, but the Glazer family, helmed by father Malcolm, was lasered on a capitalist course that culminated 20 years ago this week.
—Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 11 May 2025
Ron Chernow writes books about men of great ambition ranging from President Ulysses S. Grant to financier J.P. Morgan — his biography of Alexander Hamilton inspired the long-running Broadway musical — and is an expert chronicler of fame’s highs and lows.
—Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2025
Its founder, Andrew Grauer, got his first investment from his father, a prominent financier who still sits on the company’s board.
—Emily Baker-White, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
The leveraged buyout, the eye-watering interest rates, the hundreds of millions of pounds of debt may have been unpalatable to many, including numerous financiers, but the Glazer family, helmed by father Malcolm, was lasered on a capitalist course that culminated 20 years ago this week.
—Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 11 May 2025
Ron Chernow writes books about men of great ambition ranging from President Ulysses S. Grant to financier J.P. Morgan — his biography of Alexander Hamilton inspired the long-running Broadway musical — and is an expert chronicler of fame’s highs and lows.
—Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
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“Financier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/financier. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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