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an oil tycoon who's widely considered the most powerful man in the county
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Knight tells the riveting story of the Russian tycoon and political operator Boris Berezovsky and his role in the rise of Vladimir Putin to the presidency in 2000.
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Amy Knight, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
But Orange County NIMBYs aren’t having it by Sydney Lake
The American sports tycoon who wants to build Yankee Stadium in Milan may have found his nemesis: Italian bureaucracy by Paolo Confino
Tony’s Chocolonely is one of the world’s fastest-growing chocolatiers.
—Maria Aspan, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2024
Since 2020, when the e-commerce tycoon launched the $10 billion Earth Fund, Bezos has tried to remake himself as a major climate philanthropist even as Amazon’s greenhouse gas emissions skyrocketed.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 15 Apr. 2024
Former Trump Victory finance chair Todd Ricketts, energy mogul Harold Hamm, aerospace executive Robert Bigelow, hedge fund manager Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekah Mercer and casino tycoon Phil Ruffin are also among the co-chairs, the invitation said.
—Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2024
In the season one finale of the comedy, which aired on Aug. 12, 2022, Molly declared plans to give away every penny of her $120 billion divorce settlement from tech tycoon John Novak (Adam Scott) after a publicly embarrassing business blunder.
—Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2024
On one side are a scheming tycoon and his team of regulation plug-uglies.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2024
Once there, the real estate tycoon broke with orthodox economic doctrine by using the guise of national security to slap tariffs on foreign steel and renegotiating NAFTA.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 11 Mar. 2024
After being slated for release in 2011, the oil tycoons were reconvicted on embezzlement and money laundering charges in 2010, extending their sentence through 2016.
—Devin Sean Martin, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Amy Knight, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
But Orange County NIMBYs aren’t having it by Sydney Lake
The American sports tycoon who wants to build Yankee Stadium in Milan may have found his nemesis: Italian bureaucracy by Paolo Confino
Tony’s Chocolonely is one of the world’s fastest-growing chocolatiers.
—Maria Aspan, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2024
Since 2020, when the e-commerce tycoon launched the $10 billion Earth Fund, Bezos has tried to remake himself as a major climate philanthropist even as Amazon’s greenhouse gas emissions skyrocketed.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 15 Apr. 2024
Former Trump Victory finance chair Todd Ricketts, energy mogul Harold Hamm, aerospace executive Robert Bigelow, hedge fund manager Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekah Mercer and casino tycoon Phil Ruffin are also among the co-chairs, the invitation said.
—Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2024
In the season one finale of the comedy, which aired on Aug. 12, 2022, Molly declared plans to give away every penny of her $120 billion divorce settlement from tech tycoon John Novak (Adam Scott) after a publicly embarrassing business blunder.
—Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2024
On one side are a scheming tycoon and his team of regulation plug-uglies.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2024
Once there, the real estate tycoon broke with orthodox economic doctrine by using the guise of national security to slap tariffs on foreign steel and renegotiating NAFTA.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 11 Mar. 2024
After being slated for release in 2011, the oil tycoons were reconvicted on embezzlement and money laundering charges in 2010, extending their sentence through 2016.
—Devin Sean Martin, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
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“Tycoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tycoon. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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tycoon
noun
ty·coon
tī-ˈkün 
: a very wealthy and powerful business person
Etymology
Japanese taikun "shogun"
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