capitalist

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In any given year, that might include billionaire venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson, who was also an early Tesla and SpaceX backer and longtime Elon Musk ally, or Uber co-founder Garrett Camp.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

Zilis has worked as a venture capitalist in Silicon Valley for over 15 years and held executive positions at Musk's car company, Tesla, and his neurotechnology firm Neuralink.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Immigrant banks such as Jarmulowsky’s, the author writes, “were fundamentally American businesses, interested in reaping profits within the capitalist system by filling a gaping hole: serving the foreign-born.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

With “Beef,” Lee links the potential liabilities women face by locking into long-term relationships to the realities of the capitalist trap, which draws women into not only unpaid housework but uncompensated emotional labor, too.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

Every capitalist went about with a gang of lackeys who—” The old man brightened again.

From "1984" by George Orwell