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• n  someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

• His life was the embodiment of one who moves from rags to riches, from anonymity to internationally imitated innovator.
• Negroponte ran the project, but Jepsen was the lead innovator and architect of the hundreds-strong team that would design the machine.
• China is the world's most populous and industrious nation, is the world's third largest economy and trading nation, has become a global innovator in science and technology, and is .

• pioneer
• trailblazer
• groundbreaker

News & Articles

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• Totally Green Reports First Quarter 2013 Results
  Totally Green Inc. , an innovator in organic food waste processing and diversion, reported results for the quarter and year ended March 31, 2013.
  June 14, 2013 - Marketwired via Yahoo! Finance
• Popcorn, Indiana Announces First Creative Partnership in Brand History
  Popcorn, Indiana®, innovator of all-natural popcorn snacks, today announced its first-ever creative partnership with Design and Acquisition , a full-service agency based in New York City, commemorating a milestone investment in the brand and its ongoing marketing tactics and communication efforts.
  June 13, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
• Jim Lang of the Konecranes Training Institute Named Crane Innovator of the Year
  The AIST Crane Innovator of the Year Award recognizes the individual who has brought forth the latest in technology, or increased efficiencies in operational and maintenance practices for the continuous ...
  June 11, 2013 - Marketwired via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Richard Roberts in USA Today
  Richard Roberts, former president of Oral Roberts University, called his father, "a modern-day apostle of the healing ministry, an author, educator, evangelist, prophet and innovator. He was the only man of his generation to build a worldwide...
• Barry Diller in CNNMoney.com
  This new venture will take full advantage of all areas of Ben Silverman's extensive media expertise - as an agent, producer and advertising innovator,Diller said in a press release.
• Little Richard in Forbes
  He was an innovator, he was an emancipator, he was an originator. Rap music, all that stuff came from James Brown,entertainer Little Richard, a longtime friend of Brown's, told MSNBC. "A great treasure is gone."