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magnate

[mag-nayt, -nit] / ˈmæg neɪt, -nɪt /


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Owner Matt Ellis is without doubt the lead character, having come in as a fan but also an incredibly wealthy and successful kitchen magnate.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Hotel magnate Conrad Hilton bought the property in 1950.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Trump, a former real estate magnate who promotes family enterprises at every opportunity, told Martin that Doonbeg was "one of the greatest courses in the world".

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

The real-estate magnate and sports investor swooped in and convinced Moreno to change his mind.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

The second was a donation of £250,000 from the automobile magnate Lord Austin, which ended the Cavendish’s poverty-row ways for good.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

From John Sutter on to a “dress rehearsal” for a Confederate victory and through to resource magnates like Leland Stanford, readers will understand that a conflict between North and South also included the West.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

But I’ve tackled enough of it to inform you that, sadly, ignoring Charles Schwab or J. P. Morgan Chase will not make the ghosts of these greedy American business magnates go away.

From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2026

In The WSJ Money Interview, Gunjan Banerji will sit down with business magnates, financial titans and upstarts from all walks of life to answer your questions about how they made their fortunes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026

St John Harmsworth – brother of newspaper magnates Lords Northcliffe and Rothermere – made Perrier a byword for mineral water across the British empire.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025

There he had to battle wealthy and influential utility magnates hoping to throttle the TVA at birth.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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