1) Conceiver 2) Groundbreaker 3) Mastermind 4) Originator 5) Pioneer 6) Steve jobs 7) Trailblazer 1) Groundbreaker 2) Idea man 3) Leader 4) Pioneer 
An innovator in a general sense, is a person or an organization who is one of the first to introduce into reality something better than before. That opens up a new area for others and achieves an innovation. ==History== Some people that are often called innovators include: ...
• (n.) One who innovates.
In'no·va`tor noun [ Confer French innovateur .] One who innovates. Shak. 
Innovator is a cultivated variety of potato.
innovator 1. Someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art. 2. Anyone who introduces changes and new ideas. 3. Someone who begins or introduces something new for, or as if for, the first time.