as in capitalist
a wealthy person
the 19th-century plutocrats who built their enormous summer "cottages" in Newport
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Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies.—
Diana Olick,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025 -
An experienced venture capitalist once told me that climate tech was especially difficult because, to succeed, a project must get its technical, funding, and regulatory ducks in a row, with the regulatory piece being especially tricky.—
Erik Kobayashi-Solomon,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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It’s been a year of haves and have-nots for the industrials, with companies heavily tied to data center construction, electrification, power generation, and aerospace largely outperforming the rest of the sector.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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Things will get even worse since the AGI haves will presumably flourish in new ways and far outpace the AGI have-nots.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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His daughter, philanthropist Mitzi Perdue, widow of the late poultry magnate Frank Perdue, is among the heirs selling the 104-acre spread for $15 million, co-listed with Compass agents Sean Bakhtiari and Colby Coppage.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
16 Sep. 2025
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The American Century that publishing magnate Henry Luce famously described in 1941 has to all intents and purposes come to an end.—
John Rennie Short,
The Conversation,
11 Sep. 2025
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Following Charlie’s death on the show, billionaire Walden Schmidt (Ashton Kutcher) bought the house and filled out the trio.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
14 Sep. 2025
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Even for a billionaire who was in the comparatively low-budget dictionary business less for profit than for fun, the bottom line mattered, and the pressure to make money and cut costs was inescapable.—
Stefan Fatsis,
The Atlantic,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Plutocrat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plutocrat. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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