magnate
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This week, the Greek magnate made one of the boldest plays of his 55-year tanker career: sending at least five ships through the Strait of Hormuz while war flared across the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Shnaider, based in Canada, is a Soviet-born steel magnate and property developer who in 2007 partnered with Donald Trump on a since renamed Trump-branded tower External link in Toronto.
From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026
In 1969 Northern Songs co-founder Dick James sold his controlling block of shares to ATV, controlled by television magnate Lew Grade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
The retail magnate was identified in a 2019 FBI document as a potential "co-conspirator".
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026
Financial backers of both institutions—the Chemical Foundation in Columbia’s case and William Crocker, a banking and railroad magnate, in Berkeley’s case—seemed eager to pony up funds to cover Sloan’s further research.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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