flier

high flier

A person who has the potential for or who has achieved great success. Tim was such a high-flier in college that it's no surprise he's achieved such great success in his career.

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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Yevgeni	yev-GYE-nee, eev-GYE-nee	Russian
Gulla	-	Ancient Scandinavian
GÉRald	-	French
Tihana	-	Croatian, Serbian
Azucena	ah-thoo-THE-nah (Spanish), ah-soo-SE-nah (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Aruzhan	-	Kazakh