Claim: Jared Kushner is a businessman.

A businessperson is a person involved in business -- in particular someone undertaking activities -LRB- commercial or industrial -RRB- for the purpose of generating cash flow , sales , and revenue utilizing a combination of human , financial , intellectual and physical capital with a view to fuelling economic development and growth . An entrepreneur is an example of a businessperson . The term `` businessperson '' may refer to founder , owner , or majority shareholder of a business or it can also be used to describe a high-level executive who does the everyday running and management of a business even though the executive is not the owner . The term may sometimes mean someone who is involved in an upper-level management role in a corporation , company , enterprise , firm , organization , or agency . This can especially apply to the founder , an owner , a manager , an executive , or an administrator in charge of total management of a corporation , company , organization , or agency .