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capitalist

[kap-i-tl-ist] / ˈkæp ɪ tl ɪst /


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In September, it recruited Yan Wentao, a former venture capitalist, to serve as its chief financial officer, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen described it as a "Sputnik moment", referencing the 1957 launch of Earth's first artificial satellite by the Soviet Union that stunned the Western world.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

During this same period, Vance worked as a venture capitalist who was close with tech billionaire Peter Thiel.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

The billionaire venture capitalist and PayPal co-founder quietly bought the property through a limited liability company at a foreclosure auction in Pomona in July, according to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the sale.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Hanawon was built in 1999 by the Ministry of Unification to house, feed, and teach North Korean defectors how to adjust and survive in the South’s ultracompetitive capitalist culture.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

Venture capitalists and business partners Marc Andreessen and Benjamin Horowitz have spent over $113 million so far.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

To capitalists, the idea of individual children owning stock is positive.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

The T1D Fund, a venture philanthropy, had backed dozens of startups and drawn venture capitalists to Type 1 diabetes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Google co-founder Sergey Brin, venture capitalists and other tech executives fund that group.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

I have friends who are called capitalists, Socialists, and Communists!

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey


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