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an oil tycoon who's widely considered the most powerful man in the county
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The two are highly respected and influential tycoons.
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Seema Mody, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
That four-acre spread was snapped up by casino tycoon Steve Wynn, but a nearby residence hoisted onto the market as a turnkey opportunity at $45 million affords equally breathtaking vistas of Aspen Mountain and Independence Pass for less than half the cost.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2025
This quirky Turkish dramedy series tells the tale of a down-and-out sports betting writer for a newspaper who is roped into teaming up with the ghost of a bossy business tycoon demanding to crack his own murder case.
—Dana Feldman, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
At the time, the cleansing-fire credo was slower spreading to America, where the war came later and cost much less, and, indeed, ushered in something like yet another Gilded Age, the Jazz Age of the twenties, built on cheap credit and with its own cast of tycoon characters.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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Seema Mody, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
That four-acre spread was snapped up by casino tycoon Steve Wynn, but a nearby residence hoisted onto the market as a turnkey opportunity at $45 million affords equally breathtaking vistas of Aspen Mountain and Independence Pass for less than half the cost.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2025
This quirky Turkish dramedy series tells the tale of a down-and-out sports betting writer for a newspaper who is roped into teaming up with the ghost of a bossy business tycoon demanding to crack his own murder case.
—Dana Feldman, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
At the time, the cleansing-fire credo was slower spreading to America, where the war came later and cost much less, and, indeed, ushered in something like yet another Gilded Age, the Jazz Age of the twenties, built on cheap credit and with its own cast of tycoon characters.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Tycoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tycoon. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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tycoon
noun
ty·coon
tī-ˈkün 
: a very wealthy and powerful business person
Etymology
Japanese taikun "shogun"
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