businessman
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Having spent time on his parents stall since the age of two Wolverhampton-born businessman Smith started out in the very same place - selling items for £1 from his own stall.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Los Angeles businessman and engineer Dennis Tito was the world’s first space tourist in April 2001, reportedly paying $20 million to fly aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft and visit the International Space Station.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
The property was sold to luxury developer Dean McKillen, son of Irish businessman Paddy McKillen.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
Ms. Gibson documents the work of one critic, a businessman living near Newcastle named Ralph Gardner, who published denunciations of the 1649-50 witch trial in that city that resulted in 16 executions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
So Artemis put out a call on the Web: Irish businessman will pay large amount of U.S. dollars to meet a fairy, sprite, leprechaun, pixie.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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More recently, The Wall Street Journal reported that Paxton spent New Year's Eve in Dubai with two American businessmen indicted over alleged healthcare fraud.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
More recently, his marriage collapsed amid allegations of infidelity, while fresh reporting has raised questions about his relationships with wealthy donors and businessmen.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
As The Times wrote, “hundreds of motion picture celebrities and wealthy society and businessmen and women in Palm Springs appealed to Los Angeles for aid.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Over the weekend, Reform announced that it had received two donations of £36m each from wealthy businessmen Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne, who are both British but have until recently lived abroad.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
They headed up Church Street, a wide avenue crowded with businessmen in top hats and beggars and fancy ladies in wide skirts.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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