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magnate

[mag-neyt, -nit] / ˈmæg neɪt, -nɪt /


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Real Madrid is owned entirely by members who elect the president, with this the first presidential election in 20 years to feature a challenger - renewable energy magnate Enrique Riquelme.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

In the 1870s, Leland Stanford, the railroad magnate and benefactor of the university that bears his name, funded an effort to find out.

From Slate • May 25, 2026

Mining magnate Robert Friedland’s Ivanhoe Mines recently opened Africa’s largest copper smelter in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a top copper producer that relies on Middle Eastern acid.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Morgan and steel magnate Andrew Mellon were known as “robber barons External link.”

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

More than that, surely; a chocolate magnate, the creator of Amo.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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