moneyman

Other forms: moneymen

Definitions of moneyman

1. noun

   a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
   synonyms: financier

   examples:

   Bernard Mannes Baruch

   economic advisor to United States Presidents (1870-1965)

   James Buchanan Brady

   United States financier noted for his love of diamonds and his extravagant lifestyle (1856-1917)

   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

   Italian financier and statesman and friend of the papal court (1389-1464)

   Stephen Girard

   United States financier (born in France) who helped finance the War of 1812 (1750-1831)

   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)

   Sir Thomas Gresham

   English financier (1519-1579)

   William Averell Harriman

   United States financier who negotiated a treaty with the Soviet Union banning tests of nuclear weapons (1891-1986)

   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 William Mellon

   United States financier and philanthropist (1855-1937)

   John Pierpont Morgan

   United States financier and philanthropist (1837-1913)

   Robert Morris

   leader of the American Revolution who signed the Declaration of Independence and raised money for the Continental Army (1734-1806)

   Cecil John 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

   American financier and American Revolutionary War patriot who helped fund the army during the American Revolution (1740?-1785)

   Commodore Vanderbilt

   United States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and shipping businesses (1794-1877)

   types:

   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

   broker-dealer

   a financial specialist who trades for his own account and so acts both as a broker and principal

   bank clerk, cashier, teller

   an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money

   type of:

   capitalist

   a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business)