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Business term of the day - Term for August 5, 2013: «Business magnate»

A business magnate (or industrialist) is an entrepreneur or business owner who has achieved significant success, wealth, and prominence from a particular industry (or range of industries). In particular, the term refers to a successful entrepreneur or business owner who controls, through personal business ownership or via a majority dominant shareholding position in any business venture, business firm, company, corporation, enterprise, or for-profit organization and utilizes the organization's goods, products, or services is consumed by a large number of individuals, groups, or other organizations. Business owners with significant control, ownership, and influence of a large business, company, corporation, enterprise, or for-profit organization may also be called czars, moguls, tycoons, taipans, proprietors, industrialists, barons, or oligarchs.
Source: Wikipedia