magnate
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A person of rank; a noble or grandee; a person of influence or distinction in any sphere.
One of the nobility, or certain high officers of state belonging to the noble estate in the national representation of Hungary, and formerly of Poland.
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Gale Norton, President Bush's controversial nominee for Secretary of the Interior, told a Senate committee this week, "I intend to make the conservation of America's national treasures my highest priority." At the top of her list is the American Bald Oil Magnate.
an oil baron
1976–77: Ted Turner buys the team Media magnate Ted Turner purchased the team in 1976, and played a large role in the team's operation.
After team owner Frank Navin died during the 1935 season, auto body manufacturing magnate and plumbing fixture manufacturer Walter Briggs, Sr. took control of the team.
An Australian iron ore mining magnate who built his fortune in China, Andrew Forrest, backed the idea of an inquiry into the coronavirus pandemic but said it should be held after November’s U.S. presidential election so it was not seen as political.
Andrew Carnegie, for example, gave the bulk of the money to build the city’s Central Library and in 1982, the Scots-born US steel magnate became a Burgess.