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capitalist

[kap-i-tl-ist] / ˈkæp ɪ tl ɪst /


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“We do have a few stocks that have appreciated incredibly, but if they have a hiccup, it’s not like it’s the whole portfolio,” said Hooper, a retired venture capitalist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Hollywood is a small town, so it wasn’t long before Sudeikis reached out to Kara Nortman, a venture capitalist who co-founded Angel City in 2020, and asked to talk about women’s soccer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

That’s not wrong; Romero’s 1968 benchmark established the modern cinematic zombie as a stand-in for mindless capitalist consumption.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026

Beyoncé and Jay-Z own a home there, as well as technology heavyweights such as venture capitalist Marc Andreessen and Laurene Powell Jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

De Soto was a novel figure: half warrior, half venture capitalist.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

One-hundred years of monthly returns, adjusted for inflation, seems a pretty good sample, especially in an era when venture capitalists and Wall Street frequently refer to 10 or 20 years as “long term.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

Venture capitalists and business partners Marc Andreessen and Benjamin Horowitz have spent over $113 million so far.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Google co-founder Sergey Brin, venture capitalists and other tech executives fund that group.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Building on those advances, Seales and a group of venture capitalists, with Italy's permission, launched the Vesuvius Challenge in 2023.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

"Who would have thought that the capitalists would invite me, a worker?"

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau


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