an oil tycoon who's widely considered the most powerful man in the county
Recent Examples on the WebThe branding agreements penned under Branson’s empire have proved to be a boon for the tycoon in previous acquisitions.—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 11 Mar. 2024 Tech tycoons Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos are also selling shares in their companies this year.—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2024 Topline As billionaires and various celebrities flocked to Friday’s lavish pre-wedding celebration kickoff of Anant Ambani, the youngest son of billionaire Mukesh Ambani, all eyes are on bride-to-be Radhika Merchant, a businesswoman and daughter of Indian pharmaceutical tycoons.—Cailey Gleeson, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024 The 66-year-old Indian tycoon’s $262 billion oil-to-telecoms conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd. has cut deals worth billions of dollars with global investors looking for a way to access the country’s 1.4 billion consumers.—Anto Antony, Fortune Asia, 1 Mar. 2024 From August:Egg tycoon tries to horn his way into Republican primary for U.S. Senate
Chief Justice Loretta Rush said that Indiana has some of the hardest requirements in its affiliation statute compared to other states.—Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Feb. 2024 During the American bank crisis of 1907, a group of tycoons that included John D. Rockefeller and J. P. Morgan put up personal funds to bail out the financial markets.—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024 Malone made his fortune as a media tycoon, building the company Tele-Communications, Inc, or TCI, and acting as its CEO before selling it to AT&T for $50 billion in 1999.—USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024 Take Phil Ruffin, a Las Vegas real estate tycoon and a longtime pal of Trump’s.—John Hyatt, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
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