tycoon
a rich businessman
TRANSLATION
tycoon: der Magnat, der Industriemagnat tycoon: der Herrscher über Geld, Firmen und Leute building tycoon: der Baulöwe LEO
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"George Soros, the world-scale Hungarian-American financial TYCOON, triggers the movement of huge amounts of money from one continent to another, ... he influences the cardinal decisions of the governments he consults."
(Volodymyr SPIVAKOVSKY, Candidate of Sciences in Economics, on 24th September 19th 2000 in The Day)
(Volodymyr SPIVAKOVSKY, Candidate of Sciences in Economics, on 24th September 19th 2000 in The Day)
Did you
know?
This interesting word is an adoption from the Japanese word taikun, meaning a great lord or prince.
We would apply the term tycoon to such persons as Henry Ford, Jean-Paul Getty, Nelson Rockefeller, and their contemporary equivalents Paul Seros, Richard Branson, Bill Gates, etc.
By the way, according to the Forbes' Billionaire's List 2005, there are 691 billionaires, compared to last year's 587, still at the top Bill Gates with an estimated 46.5 bn.
We would apply the term tycoon to such persons as Henry Ford, Jean-Paul Getty, Nelson Rockefeller, and their contemporary equivalents Paul Seros, Richard Branson, Bill Gates, etc.
By the way, according to the Forbes' Billionaire's List 2005, there are 691 billionaires, compared to last year's 587, still at the top Bill Gates with an estimated 46.5 bn.
