tycoon
Example Sentences
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Biloa notes that Benin's president, a former business tycoon, is keenly aware that his country's former role as a key departure point for slaves makes it a poignant destination for black Americans.
From BBC
Real estate tycoon Barbara Corcoran has revealed the one rule she follows when she is buying homes—explaining how it has helped her ensure she “can always sell” a property later down the line.
From MarketWatch
Nitibhon, a Thai supermodel, plays her tycoon as comically drab, keeping her gaunt cheeks slack to emphasize her character’s hollowness.
From Los Angeles Times
His methods were shrewd—“Working with Mother Nature, instead of against her,” Bamberger liked to say—but also, when necessary, backed by staggering capital investments from the fortune he had amassed as a fast-food tycoon.
Just over a week later, Cambodian authorities took into custody Ly Kuong, 49, a Cambodian casino and real-estate tycoon, and charged him with fraud, money laundering and exploitation of illegally recruited workers.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
