industrial magnate
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They described James as a germaphobe and “nerdy,” a man who could pass for an engineer or computer programmer more easily than an industrial magnate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025
He grew up wealthy, the son of an industrial magnate in Iran, and many of his childhood acquaintances went on to become famous politicians and intellectuals.
From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2018
In 1901, American industrial magnate John Munro Longyear headed to Svalbard as a tourist, returning later with excavating equipment, dynamite and dozens of miners.
From Washington Post • May 25, 2018
That title goes to Nigerian industrial magnate Aliko Dangote, with an estimated net worth of about R113.6 billion.
From The Guardian • Jan. 31, 2013
And over the bridge and out into Turner's Pike walked Steve Hunter, the embryo industrial magnate.
From Poor White by Anderson, Sherwood
