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an oil tycoon who's widely considered the most powerful man in the county
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The biggest and perhaps best-known was the family of railroad and shipping tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt.
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Next Avenue, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The film, now streaming on Netflix, is mapped with flashbacks showing snapshots of her stardom; performing at La Scala and other opera houses around the world, adored by millions, and her private life, named being wooed by shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 13 Dec. 2024
Pierce, a crypto tycoon and campaign donor to Adams, was set to host a fundraiser for the mayor’s reelection in San Juan Tuesday night, according to an online invitation first reported by Politico.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 10 Dec. 2024
In case 4000, Netanyahu was charged with bribery for allegedly giving hundreds of millions of dollars in regulatory benefits to an Israeli telecommunications tycoon in return for favorable media coverage.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
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Next Avenue, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The film, now streaming on Netflix, is mapped with flashbacks showing snapshots of her stardom; performing at La Scala and other opera houses around the world, adored by millions, and her private life, named being wooed by shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 13 Dec. 2024
Pierce, a crypto tycoon and campaign donor to Adams, was set to host a fundraiser for the mayor’s reelection in San Juan Tuesday night, according to an online invitation first reported by Politico.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 10 Dec. 2024
In case 4000, Netanyahu was charged with bribery for allegedly giving hundreds of millions of dollars in regulatory benefits to an Israeli telecommunications tycoon in return for favorable media coverage.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Tycoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tycoon. Accessed 30 Dec. 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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