noun
businessperson; businessman; businesswoman
Neutral term for someone engaged in practical business work, often implying hands-on experience rather than theoretical knowledge.
彼は優秀な実務家として知られている。
He is known as an excellent businessperson.
noun
skilled businessperson; person with business acumen
Emphasizes practical business sense and experience; often used to describe someone who is not just a theorist but has real-world business skills.
実務家としての経験が豊富な人を探している。
We are looking for someone with extensive experience as a skilled businessperson.
実業家 refers to an industrialist or entrepreneur who runs a business, whereas 実務家 focuses on the practical execution of business tasks.
Compound of 実務 (practical business) and 家 (person). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a common pattern for forming agent nouns.