baron

As early as 1859 the New York Times associated Cornelius Vanderbilt with the idea of the medieval robber baron, thus tarnishing the image of the country’s biggest shipowner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026

Cruise was at CinemaCon earlier in the week to preview a very different film, Digger, in which he plays a grey-haired oil baron who has to clean up his environmental mess.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026

Not because Mullin, a wealthy plumbing baron from Oklahoma who’s served in Washington since 2013, has a distinguished legislative record.

From Slate ● Mar. 7, 2026

This is usually gratifying work, but in “Vigil” she encounters a hard case: the oil baron K.J.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

Relieved, the baron sat in the nearest chair and tried to wipe his face with a handkerchief.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

By the late 19th century, the industrial revolution had produced business barons commanding disproportionate wealth, a newly conscious working class, trade unions, and socialist parties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

The land was donated to the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles in the 1950s by descendants of one of the city’s early oil barons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026

This was the age of robber barons like John D. Rockefeller, whose Standard Oil was a business “trust” comprising dozens of companies in numerous vertically linked industries.

From Barron's ● Jan. 13, 2026

It’s not that our tech barons are appearing on panels and delivering over-the-top proclamations about its usefulness.

From Slate ● Dec. 26, 2025

In exchange, the secretary allowed the barons to tap the navy’s invaluable strategic oil reserves.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann