a high-flier

also a high-flyer

someone who is very successful at their job and soon becomes powerful or rich A high-flier in the eighties, he was earning over ￡200 000 a year.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Richa	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Bengali
Reko	RE-ko	Finnish
BolÍVar	-	Spanish (Latin American)
Josephine	JO-sə-feen (English), yo-ze-FEE-nə (German)	English, German, Dutch
Bradley	['brædli]
Marion (2)	MER-ee-ən, MAR-ee-ən	English