A business magnate is someone who has achieved great success and enormous wealth through the ownership of multiple lines of enterprise. The term characteristically refers to a wealthy entrepreneur or investor who controls, through personal enterprise ownership or a dominant shareholding position, a firm or industry whose goods or services are widely consumed. Such individuals may also be known as ''barons'', ''captains of industry'', ''czars'', ''moguls'', ''oligarchs'', ''plutocrats'', ''taipans'', or ''tycoons''.
Etymology
The term ''magnate'' derives from the Latin word ''magnates'' (plural of ''magnas''), meaning "great man" or "great nobleman".
The term ''mogul'' is an English corruption of ''mughal'', Persian or Arabic for "Mongol". It alludes to emperors of the Mughal Empire in Medieval India, who possessed great power and storied riches capable of producing wonders of opulence such as the Taj Mahal.
The term ''tycoon'' derives from the Japanese word , which means "great lord", used as a title for the ''shōgun''. The word entered the English language in 1857 with the return of Commodore Perry to the United States. U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was humorously referred to as ''the Tycoon'' by his aides John Nicolay and John Hay. The term spread to the business community, where it has been used ever since.
Usage
Modern business magnates are entrepreneurs that amass on their own or wield substantial family fortunes in the process of building or running their own businesses. Some are widely known in connection with these entrepreneurial activities, others through highly-visible secondary pursuits such as philanthropy, political fundraising and campaign financing, and sports team ownership or sponsorship. The terms ''mogul'', ''tycoon'' and ''baron'' were often applied to late 19th and early 20th century North American business magnates in extractive industries such as mining, logging and petroleum, transportation fields such as shipping and railroads, manufacturing such as automaking and steelmaking, in banking, as well as newspaper publishing. Their dominance was known as the Second Industrial Revolution, the Gilded Age, or the Robber Baron Era. Examples of well-known business magnates in the western world include historical figures such as oilman John D. Rockefeller, automobile pioneer Henry Ford, shipping and railroad veterans Aristotle Onassis, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Leland Stanford, Jay Gould, and James J. Hill, steel innovator Andrew Carnegie, newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst, retail merchant Sam Walton, and banker J. P. Morgan. Contemporary industrial tycoons include e-commerce entrepreneur Jeff Bezos, investor Warren Buffett, computer programmer Bill Gates, technology innovator Steve Jobs, media proprietor Sumner Redstone, steel investor Lakshmi Mittal, telecommunications investor Carlos Slim, airline owner Sir Richard Branson, technology entrepreneur Elon Musk, Formula 1 manager Bernie Ecclestone, media entrepreneur Rupert Murdoch, and poultry technologist Frank Perdue.
Business magnates
File:Cornelius Vanderbilt Daguerrotype2.jpg|Cornelius Vanderbilt
File:John D. Rockefeller 1885 140x190.jpg|John D. Rockefeller
File:Andrew-carnegie-portrait-pd.png|Andrew Carnegie
File:JohnPierpontMorgan.png|J. P. Morgan
File:Henry ford 1919.jpg|Henry Ford
File:Howard Hughes.jpg|Howard Hughes
File:Sam-Walton.jpg|Sam Walton
File:Warren Buffett with Fisher College of Business Student - 4395161160 (cropped).jpg|Warren Buffett
File:Bill Gates 2018.jpg|Bill Gates
File:Paul G. Allen (cropped).jpg|Paul Allen
File:Steve Jobs Headshot 2010-CROP (cropped 2).jpg|Steve Jobs
File:Larry Ellison picture.png|Larry Ellison
File:Jeff Bezos at Amazon Spheres Grand Opening in Seattle - 2018 (39074799225) (cropped).jpg|Jeff Bezos
File:Elon Musk 2015.jpg|alt=Elon Musk|Elon Musk
File:Mark Zuckerberg F8 2019 Keynote (32830578717) (cropped).jpg|Mark Zuckerberg
File:Larry Page in the European Parliament, 17.06.2009 (cropped).jpg|Larry Page
File:Sergey Brin cropped.jpg|Sergey Brin
File:Richard Branson March 2015 (cropped).jpg|Richard Branson
File:Rupert Murdoch 2011 Shankbone 3.JPG|Rupert Murdoch
See also
*Bourgeoisie *Business oligarch *Businessperson *Captain of industry *Entrepreneur *Financier *Investor *Magnate *Media proprietor *Plutocracy *Real estate entrepreneur *Robber baron (industrialist) ;Lists *The World's Billionaires *Sunday Times Rich List
References
External links
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Business Magnate Magnate Magnate Category:Management occupations Category:Social classes
Etymology
The term ''magnate'' derives from the Latin word ''magnates'' (plural of ''magnas''), meaning "great man" or "great nobleman".
The term ''mogul'' is an English corruption of ''mughal'', Persian or Arabic for "Mongol". It alludes to emperors of the Mughal Empire in Medieval India, who possessed great power and storied riches capable of producing wonders of opulence such as the Taj Mahal.
The term ''tycoon'' derives from the Japanese word , which means "great lord", used as a title for the ''shōgun''. The word entered the English language in 1857 with the return of Commodore Perry to the United States. U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was humorously referred to as ''the Tycoon'' by his aides John Nicolay and John Hay. The term spread to the business community, where it has been used ever since.
Usage
Modern business magnates are entrepreneurs that amass on their own or wield substantial family fortunes in the process of building or running their own businesses. Some are widely known in connection with these entrepreneurial activities, others through highly-visible secondary pursuits such as philanthropy, political fundraising and campaign financing, and sports team ownership or sponsorship. The terms ''mogul'', ''tycoon'' and ''baron'' were often applied to late 19th and early 20th century North American business magnates in extractive industries such as mining, logging and petroleum, transportation fields such as shipping and railroads, manufacturing such as automaking and steelmaking, in banking, as well as newspaper publishing. Their dominance was known as the Second Industrial Revolution, the Gilded Age, or the Robber Baron Era. Examples of well-known business magnates in the western world include historical figures such as oilman John D. Rockefeller, automobile pioneer Henry Ford, shipping and railroad veterans Aristotle Onassis, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Leland Stanford, Jay Gould, and James J. Hill, steel innovator Andrew Carnegie, newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst, retail merchant Sam Walton, and banker J. P. Morgan. Contemporary industrial tycoons include e-commerce entrepreneur Jeff Bezos, investor Warren Buffett, computer programmer Bill Gates, technology innovator Steve Jobs, media proprietor Sumner Redstone, steel investor Lakshmi Mittal, telecommunications investor Carlos Slim, airline owner Sir Richard Branson, technology entrepreneur Elon Musk, Formula 1 manager Bernie Ecclestone, media entrepreneur Rupert Murdoch, and poultry technologist Frank Perdue.
Business magnates
See also
*Bourgeoisie *Business oligarch *Businessperson *Captain of industry *Entrepreneur *Financier *Investor *Magnate *Media proprietor *Plutocracy *Real estate entrepreneur *Robber baron (industrialist) ;Lists *The World's Billionaires *Sunday Times Rich List
References
External links
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Business Magnate Magnate Magnate Category:Management occupations Category:Social classes