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Billionaire oil baron Harold Hamm signed a tentative agreement Wednesday to venture into Venezuela to explore one of the Latin American country’s undeveloped heavy-oil fields.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

And at the heart of it is Alejandro Betancourt López, the Venezuelan oil baron who heads the Barbados-registered firm.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Patriarch and oil baron Ed Doheny and wife Estelle acquired the home in 1901 and the Doheny family made it their home for nearly 60 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Adora is also in possession of “one of the weirder jobs”: a fellowship from the partially paralyzed, mind-bogglingly rich descendant of a steel baron to provide moral training to his spoiled, acquisitive preteen twin sons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

“I’ll be sure to tell the baron of your generosity,” my father said carefully as the mayor lay the pennies into his hand.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

The ruthless machinations of Gilded Age robber barons are transposed to New York’s hotels and banquet rooms—a story of love marketed to the highest bidder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

She also analyzed just how rich the robber barons of "The Gilded Age" are.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

The salt barons of Michigan decided to do something about that.

From Barron's ● May 2, 2026

From Koli fisherfolk to colonial planners, and from Bollywood stars to textile barons, many have shaped the western Indian city's landscape and identity.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026

He had lain awake all night, imagining how he was going to beat the best barons in England, and he had not been able to eat his breakfast.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White