How to Use tycoon in a Sentence

tycoon

noun

• But the oil tycoon appeared to have had a change of heart.
  — Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 9 May 2024
• That tycoon is Robert Tsao, the founder of a microchip-maker.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 2 Sep. 2022
• Both are among half a dozen tycoons who added more than $10 billion each to their wealth.
  — Forbes Press Releases, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
• The oil tycoon married his fifth wife at the property's chapel in 2014.
  — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 4 Feb. 2022
• Since the start of the pandemic, the tycoon has worked from home, doing board meetings on Zoom.
  — Naazneen Karmali, Forbes, 6 July 2022
• But by night’s end, the tycoon is found dead, sparking a murder mystery that will keep all of the guests on their toes.
  — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 4 Nov. 2024
• In May, for instance, the tycoon’s wealth plunged $11.2 billion in a day as the company’s share price took a hit.
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2023
• Even when the boy's captors sliced off one of his ears and mailed it to a Rome newspaper, the oil tycoon was unmoved.
  — People Staff, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2022
• The Philbrook Museum used to be the private home of an oil tycoon, back when Tulsa was one of the richest cities in the world.
  — Bon Appétit, 12 May 2022
• Indeed, the Hong Kong tycoon has been known to collect across a range of categories.
  — Dana Givens, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2023
• His opponents tried to slow him down by tarring him as an out-of-touch tycoon.
  — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2022
• The New York hedge fund tycoon, who was born in Hungary, is worth $6.7 billion, according to Forbes.
  — Dallas News, 14 Oct. 2022
• The grandson of a billionaire oil tycoon, Davis is an heir to a massive fortune.
  — Emily Strohm, Peoplemag, 7 July 2023
• Compared to the tycoons on Wall Street, presidents don’t get paid much while in power.
  — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2024
• For Chinese tech tycoon Jack Ma, there's a price to freedom: $26 billion.
  — Cnn Business, CNN, 4 May 2022
• The Mirage’s opening by casino tycoon Stephen A. Wynn in 1989 was hailed as the ushering of a new era of resorts.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
• On one side are a scheming tycoon and his team of regulation plug-uglies.
  — Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2024
• The story made Musk sound like a typical tycoon living in the lap of luxury.
  — Will Oremus, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2023
• The rapper and the lifestyle tycoon have teamed frequently in recent years.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 15 June 2022
• Musk was likely next on the list, the InfoWars host warned, since the tycoon had the government bureaucracy scared.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2023
• Twitter purchase seems on track to close by the end of this week, after banks started sending $13 billion in cash to back the tycoon’s takeover.
  — Alan Murray, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2022
• The sequel, which added Radcliffe as a deranged tech tycoon, was weaker.
  — Rachel Simon, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2022
• Corruption, in the justices’ eyes, is when a railroad tycoon hands a politician a burlap sack with a big dollar sign on it.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 22 Sep. 2023
• Ciaran is a modest, salt-of-the-earth type, Barry is a brash real estate tycoon.
  — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
• The takeover ends the 14-year ownership by British retail tycoon Mike Ashley, who has been widely viewed as a figure of scorn in the one-club city.
  — NBC News, 8 Oct. 2021
• Her beau, William Randolph Hearst, the newspaper tycoon, bought the building just before the stock-market crash.
  — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 17 Nov. 2023
• Peter and Lindsay, the daughter of an oil tycoon, were seen watching the races together from the royal box and were even joined by Princess Anne.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2022
• Lindsay, the daughter of an oil tycoon, and Peter were seen watching the races together from the royal box and were even joined by Princess Anne.
  — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 8 June 2022
• Most men are not business tycoons, high-flying financiers, movie moguls, movie stars . .
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 Oct. 2024
• The oil tycoon is trying to take over the Dutton family ranch to further his own interests.
  — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Dec 2024