Business magnate

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A business magnate, sometimes referred to as a mogul or a tycoon (from Japanese 大官), is a person who controls a large portion of a particular industry and whose wealth derives primarily from said control.

Examples of well-known business magnates include newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst of the Hearst Corporation, oil magnate John D. Rockefeller of Standard Oil and steel magnate Andrew Carnegie of US Steel.

Notable magnates

• From the real world:
  • Conrad Black
  • Andrew Carnegie
  • Cecil Rhodes
  • Powell Crosley
  • Henry Morrison Flagler
  • William Randolph Hearst
  • James J. Hill
  • Mikhail Khodorkovsky
  • Rupert Murdoch
  • Aristotle Onassis
  • John D. Rockefeller
    
    
• Fictional (stories):
  • A Corner in Wheat
  • Charles Foster Kane
  • Roberto Rastapopoulos

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