industrialist

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Then there was Frank Jay Gould, the son of the industrialist Jay Gould, and Frank’s wife, Florence, who, Mr. Harding tells us, “was believed to have worked with members of German military intelligence.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

The deal included £237m for future investment in the club's Old Trafford stadium, part of a £4.2bn regeneration project the industrialist has billed as "the Wembley of the North" which will seat 100,000 fans.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

These items, all life-size, reflect the taste of a Gilded Age industrialist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Reagan impaneled the so-called Grace Commission, whose chairman, industrialist J. Peter Grace, promised to unearth billions of dollars of the elusive WFA.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2025

“But, right before he passed away, a successful industrialist and distant cousin named William Maxwell was discovered living in Los Angeles. As the only heir, he inherited all of this.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti