as in tycoon
a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field
a studio magnate who had the biggest stars in Hollywood at his beck and call
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Recent Examples of magnate
Effectively Building Brand Recognition with Purpose and Preparation Diane Primo, CEO, marketing magnate, and communication innovator, served as the keynote speaker.
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Essence, 30 June 2025
Hefty Payroll Money is no object to Mets owner Steve Cohen, who made a fortune as a hedge fund magnate before buying the ballclub five years ago.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Built by media magnate William Randolph Hearst in the mid-20th century, Hearst Castle is a 45-minute drive up the coast from San Luis Obispo.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2025
Lee Beaman is a Nashville area auto magnate, earning his money through owning and selling local car dealerships.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 5 June 2025
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Essence, 30 June 2025
Hefty Payroll Money is no object to Mets owner Steve Cohen, who made a fortune as a hedge fund magnate before buying the ballclub five years ago.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Built by media magnate William Randolph Hearst in the mid-20th century, Hearst Castle is a 45-minute drive up the coast from San Luis Obispo.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2025
Lee Beaman is a Nashville area auto magnate, earning his money through owning and selling local car dealerships.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for magnate
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The Indian tycoon and To Lam, general secretary of Vietnam’s Communist Party, met in Hanoi yesterday.—
Yessar Rosendar,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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Citizen Kane tells the story of a publishing tycoon named Charles Foster Kane, a character Welles based on William Randolph Hearst.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 July 2025
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Janie Hunt, 9, of Dallas, a great-granddaughter of oil baron William Herbert Hunt and a relative of the family that owns the Kansas City Chiefs, was attending Camp Mystic for the first time, her grandmother Margaret Hunt told the New York Times.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 July 2025
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Huene, a baron, had known Paley since dancing school in Russia, where his father had been equerry to the czar.—
Amy Fine Collins,
airmail.news,
5 July 2025
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Rooms incorporate natural accents, king beds and marble bathrooms with soaking tubs.—
Taryn White,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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Be sure to catch the marksmanship competition during which festival participants shoot at a wooden eagle to determine the festival's king and queen.—
Keith Pandolfi,
The Enquirer,
30 July 2025
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Shortly before Trump’s flagship domestic policy bill passed in early July, border czar Tom Homan told a conservative Christian conference that immigration agencies were just getting started.—
Nicole Foy,
ProPublica,
31 July 2025
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Trump would take public comments until then, the White House and AI czar David Sacks (himself a tech mogul) said.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
23 July 2025
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“Magnate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magnate. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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