as in magnates
a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field
an oil tycoon who's widely considered the most powerful man in the county
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Recent Examples of tycoons
At the time, optimism over Labubu’s growing popularity once made Wang richer than China’s iconic tycoons including Alibaba cofounder Jack Ma.
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Yue Wang, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
At Evergrande’s listing party in 2009, Hui was joined by many of Hong Kong’s tycoons, including Cheng Yu-tung, the late founder of Hong Kong property giant New World Development, and Chinese Estates’ founder Joseph Lau.
—Reuters, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2025
This trend is unfolding as the Kremlin touts economic resilience, and some tycoons are regaining assets amid an exodus of Western corporations from Russia.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Aug. 2025
Yue Wang, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
At Evergrande’s listing party in 2009, Hui was joined by many of Hong Kong’s tycoons, including Cheng Yu-tung, the late founder of Hong Kong property giant New World Development, and Chinese Estates’ founder Joseph Lau.
—Reuters, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2025
This trend is unfolding as the Kremlin touts economic resilience, and some tycoons are regaining assets amid an exodus of Western corporations from Russia.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tycoons
Noun
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The actual man has no tie to the real diamond magnates of the Leviev family.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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This year’s Davos summit seated several religious figures at the same tables hosting bond-market briefings alongside the usual presidents, central-bank chiefs, and software magnates.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Aug. 2025
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But several years after his burial, his body was reinterred to lie beside Psusennes I, one of the most powerful kings of the period.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
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And the matchup presents a head-to-head befitting the occasion as the reigning Dutch champion hosts the defending kings of Belgium's top flight.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Tycoons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tycoons. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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