businesspeople vs people

businesspeople and people both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
businesspeople	Yes	No	No	No
people	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, people is a hypernym of businesspeople; that is, people is a word with a broader meaning than businesspeople:

businesspeople: people who transact business (especially business executives)
people: (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

businesspeople (noun)	people (noun)
people who transact business (especially business executives)	(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
	the body of citizens of a state or country
	members of a family line
	the common people generally

businesspeople (verb)	people (verb)
	fill with people
	furnish with people