The business magnate was reputed to have made many millions of dollars for the company. From LearnThat.org.
At about the same time that shipping became a major industry, Bolivian tin magnate, Atenor Patiño, built Las Hadas, as a "playground" for his jet setting friends. From Wordnik.com. [Manzanillo... Bustling Port / Quiet Resort, Or Both?] Reference
Carlos Slim, the telecommunications magnate, is the richest person in Latin America, according to the annual Forbes Magazine list of the world's 500 richest people. From Wordnik.com. [Lloyd Mexico Economic Report April 2004] Reference
My first two months as a magnate were a great success. From Wordnik.com. [Happy Days] Reference
He was quite insistent that his school was known as a magnate school. From Wordnik.com. [Word Court] Reference
Max Brenner is a chocolate 'magnate' from Israel who has set up chocolate concept stores in Australia, UK and South-East Asia. From Wordnik.com. [Choccie present!] Reference
Contarine received a visit from Dean Goldsmith of Cloyne; a kind of magnate in the wide but improvident family connection, throughout which his word was law and almost gospel. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Oliver Goldsmith] Reference
Cloyne; a kind of magnate in the wide but improvident family connection, throughout which his word was law and almost gospel. From Wordnik.com. [Oliver Goldsmith A Biography] Reference
He's also a shapewear magnate, which is good for those of us who want a high, firm behind, without the pain and recovery time of a ". From Wordnik.com. [StyleList Fashion Blog] Reference
The American SpectatorFundingRoger Miliken, textile magnate. From Wordnik.com. [The Warrior] Reference
The kiddie-TV magnate watched his media empire cable this year. From Wordnik.com. [It's Not Always Easy Being A Big Shot] Reference
Motorcycling across the country with Rolling Stone magnate Jann Wenner. From Wordnik.com. [Everybody's Favorite Young Turk] Reference
The scion of a wealthy Saudi magnate, he was linked to the 1998 twin U.S. From Wordnik.com. ['We've Hit The Targets'] Reference
The ostentatiously erudite Canadian magnate yearns for the days of heroism. From Wordnik.com. [Waterloo For A True Believer] Reference
But as the son of a Greek-Cypriot shipping magnate, he concedes that risks come easy to him. From Wordnik.com. [Next: No-Frills Pizza?] Reference
Tito was followed into space last April by Mark Shuttleworth, a South African Internet magnate. From Wordnik.com. ['Enjoy The Experience'] Reference
In Hamburg not long ago, university students pelted real-estate magnate Helmut Greve with eggs. From Wordnik.com. [Philanthropy: A Man and His Money] Reference
William Farley, the Chicago magnate who owns Fruit of the Loom Inc., was one who faltered on his own. From Wordnik.com. [Fall Of The Marionettes] Reference
But Dole and and his fellow candidates came to Des Moines to raise doubts about the publishing magnate. From Wordnik.com. [The Sum Of Dole's Fears] Reference
Real estate magnate Mortimer Zuckerman has spent a chunk of his fortune running the Daily News and U.S. From Wordnik.com. [Remembering Bruce Wasserstein] Reference
It was the warm beer of defeat for brew magnate Coors, 58, who found himself on the wrong end of a close vote. From Wordnik.com. [FIRMLY IN CONTROL] Reference
Tung, a sophisticated and powerful shipping magnate who speaks perfect Cantonese, Mandarin and English, hesitated. From Wordnik.com. [The Man In The Middle] Reference
In late 1999 the LVMH luxury-goods empire of French magnate Bernard Arnault bought Phillips, making it a major player overnight. From Wordnik.com. [ARNAULT'S AUCTION BID] Reference
The billionaire Lebanese construction magnate had been Syria's most important ally, but last year became its most potent opponent. From Wordnik.com. [CSI: Beirut] Reference
Once best known as the second son of Li Ka Shing, Hong Kong's most famous tycoon, Richard Li has become a magnate in his own right. From Wordnik.com. [A Jump-Start In Cyberspace] Reference
But many of the business tycoons in Tung's inner circle criticize Chan as "cold and calculating," in the words of a property magnate. From Wordnik.com. [Hong Kong's Canary] Reference
Silvio Berlusconi may be a media magnate, a billionaire, a target of endless probes and, quite possibly, Italy's next prime minister. From Wordnik.com. [The Knight Errant] Reference
One of Dole's biggest financial backers is sugar magnate Jose Fanjul, a Cuban citizen who lives in Florida and holds a Spanish passport. From Wordnik.com. [The Real Scandal Is What's Legal] Reference
Sports magnate: Which brings us back to Rand Araskog, who got ITT to buy its way into the entertainment and gambling businesses last year. From Wordnik.com. [The Boys And Their Toys] Reference
Hollywood's Rob Reiner has signed on; so has yogurt magnate Gary Hirshberg, whose Stonyfield Farm is conveniently (for Dean) located in New Hampshire. From Wordnik.com. [The Dovish Democrats] Reference
David Tang, department-store magnate and godfather of the sensationally success - ful China Club, personifies the way Hong Kong's cultural force field is changing. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming Of Mao Zedong Chic] Reference
"" There have been 17 attempts, and 17 failures, '' says real-estate magnate Dave Liniger, one of three crew members on Team Re/Max (only two will likely go aloft). From Wordnik.com. [New High: A Helium Trip] Reference
The reason is Gingricb's twobook agreement with a company owned by Murdoch, the Australian-born media magnate with a Croesus touch and conservative views (following story). From Wordnik.com. [Gingrich Goes Ballistic] Reference
His major action was to have media magnate Vladimir Gusinsky tossed into prison for four days and left facing vague embezzlement charges that are presumably yet to be fleshed out. From Wordnik.com. [The Polish-Russian Gap] Reference
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