magnate

noun

mag·nate ˈmag-ˌnāt

-nət

Synonyms of magnate next

: a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area

a railroad magnate

Example Sentences

a studio magnate who had the biggest stars in Hollywood at his beck and call

Recent Examples on the Web Other also-rans in 2003: Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt, publishing magnate Arianna Huffington, former Major League Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth and now-Rep. —

Trapper Byrne, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2021 Billionaires like Cowboys owner Jerry Jones or Ken Hersh, CEO of the George W. Bush Presidential Center and oil magnate, have invested millions into professional esports organizations, which pay lucrative salaries to the the best of the best in pro gaming. —

Sean Collins, Dallas News, 16 June 2020 During that time, Folk Arts was an invaluable resource and second home for myriad musicians, including Waits, Page, Jack Tempchin, the late Buddy Blue, AJ Croce, Sara Petite, Big Sandy and even the vinyl record-buying popcorn magnate Orville Redenbacher. —

George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2023 But no magnate besides Gates has met one-on-one with the president. —

Rachel Shin, Fortune, 16 June 2023 The townhouse, built in 1902 for textile magnate Frederick Ayer, is the only surviving home featuring handiwork by famed designer Louis Comfort Tiffany, both on the inside and outside. —

Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2023 Burst forth from the head of her international arms magnate father? From Japan, actually, where her American father—Edward Shay, the founder of leading global defense contractor Pacific Architects and Engineers—met her part-Japanese, part-Russian mother, Ai Oizumi Shay. —

Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 5 June 2023 Had the spies been scoping the lake for Russian magnates investing nearby, as the Milan daily newspaper Corriere della Sera posited on Thursday? —

Ronen Bergman, New York Times, 1 June 2023 Roman Polanski holed up in an Alpine chalet briefly to skirt U.S. justice, and some of the world’s financial magnates and business gurus have been attracted by the country’s relatively low taxes and secrecy about money matters. —

Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 26 May 2023 See More

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