magnate

• “To its supporters, who include among others the British Government, which has signed a potentially lucrative contract with Odyssey to salvage a 17th century navy ship called HMS Sussex carrying bullion worth up to £500m, the Nasdaq-listed company, founded by a former advertising executive and a real estate magnate, is a reputable organisation that follows strict archaeological guidelines in its legitimate search for sunken vessels.”

  A £200m treasure hunt. Has Odyssey Marine found ‘La Vierge’? : Coin Collecting News

• “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.”

  Manzanillo... Bustling Port / Quiet Resort, Or Both?

• “Burkle, the supermarket magnate, is a believer in the separation of supermarket and state ( "The first thing they teach you in checkout-counter school," he has said, "is not to talk politics or religion with the customers").”

  The Hollywood Campaign

• “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.”

  Lloyd Mexico Economic Report April 2004

• “He was quite insistent that his school was known as a magnate school.”

  Word Court

• “My first two months as a magnate were a great success.”

  Happy Days

• “Max Brenner is a chocolate 'magnate' from Israel who has set up chocolate concept stores in Australia, UK and South-East Asia.”

  Choccie present!

• “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.”

  The Life of Oliver Goldsmith

• “While Oliver was thus piping and poetizing at the parsonage, his uncle 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.”

  Oliver Goldsmith

• “Cloyne; a kind of magnate in the wide but improvident family connection, throughout which his word was law and almost gospel.”

  Oliver Goldsmith A Biography

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