industrialist

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Then there was Frank Jay Gould, the son of the industrialist Jay Gould, and Frank’s wife, Florence, who, Mr. Harding tells us, “was believed to have worked with members of German military intelligence.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

When industrialist Henry Frick moved to break the union at Carnegie’s Homestead, Pa., plant in July 1892, skilled workers resisted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

Kinloch Castle was built between 1897 and 1900 as a hunting lodge for Lancastrian industrialist George Bullough, who had it luxuriously furnished.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025

Farben; and industrialist Günther Quandt, who was also, oddly enough, the former husband of Goebbels' wife Magda.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2025

“But, right before he passed away, a successful industrialist and distant cousin named William Maxwell was discovered living in Los Angeles. As the only heir, he inherited all of this.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti