Examples of use: "Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard were great entrepreneurs. They literally started Hewlett-Packard in a garage in Palo Alto, California." "The CEO of Fidelity Investments, Abigail Johnson, belongs to the third generation of a family business. She is a great CEO, but more of a caretaker than an entrepreneur. Her grandfather, Edward Johnson II, is the entrepreneur who started the company."

You probably know this already but "entrepreneur" is pronounced EN-tra-pr'n-UR, or, less often, EN-tra-pr'n-NEWER.

We can see at a glance that "entrepreneur" is a word we've borrowed from the French! An "entrepreneur" is someone who starts "enterprises." Enterprise can be a synonym for a business, a company, a corporation. The idea of starting an enterprise is important. Some entrepreneurs continue to run their enterprise after it is well established. Others really enjoy the start-up process itself more than they enjoy running a stable company, and launch one business after another. "Entrepreneur" carries the idea of starting a new business out of nothing and makes you think of the beginnings of a business, and makes you think of an energetic, colorful, inspired deal-maker "selling the dream." "Founder" carries the idea of a dignified, respectable, senior person who started the company thirty years ago and still runs it.

Entrepreneur is somebody who opts for business/investment with a unique idea rather than going for any job.

Entrepreneur is the owner of a company. Basically, it represents the creator or founder of a company.