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an oil tycoon who's widely considered the most powerful man in the county
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Elsewhere, organised crime still has its tendrils in many parts of the sport across the globe, and the misty-eyed reverence for benevolent local tycoons is a notion that went extinct before the Tasmanian tiger.
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Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 2 June 2025
Apart from the sale of primary shares, Maynilad Water Holding—which counts Metro Pacific, tycoon Isidro Consunji’s DMCI Holdings and Japan’s Marubeni Corp. among its shareholders—will sell 354.7 million shares at the IPO price, raising an additional 7.1 billion pesos in a secondary offering.
—Ian Sayson, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
The 49ers, who already own English soccer club Leeds United, are part of a U.S. consortium that also includes health care tycoon Andrew Cavenagh.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 30 May 2025
In June 2022, Todd and Julie Chrisley, who portrayed themselves as real estate tycoons in the South on their USA Network shows, were found guilty of conspiring to defraud community banks in Atlanta out of more than $36 million.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 29 May 2025
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Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 2 June 2025
Apart from the sale of primary shares, Maynilad Water Holding—which counts Metro Pacific, tycoon Isidro Consunji’s DMCI Holdings and Japan’s Marubeni Corp. among its shareholders—will sell 354.7 million shares at the IPO price, raising an additional 7.1 billion pesos in a secondary offering.
—Ian Sayson, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
The 49ers, who already own English soccer club Leeds United, are part of a U.S. consortium that also includes health care tycoon Andrew Cavenagh.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 30 May 2025
In June 2022, Todd and Julie Chrisley, who portrayed themselves as real estate tycoons in the South on their USA Network shows, were found guilty of conspiring to defraud community banks in Atlanta out of more than $36 million.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 29 May 2025
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“Tycoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tycoon. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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tycoon
noun
ty·coon
tī-ˈkün 
: a very wealthy and powerful business person
Etymology
Japanese taikun "shogun"
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