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A '''business | A '''business magnate''', sometimes referred to as a baron, industrialist, magnate, mogul, or tycoon, is a slightly informal term used to refer to an entrepreneur who helped create or who have dominated their industries. | ||
== Etymology == | == Etymology == | ||
The word ''tycoon'' has its origin in the title ''Nihonkoku taikun'', or the "Sovereign Lord of Japan," which was used to describe the Japanese [[shogun]] from 1635 onward.<ref name="hawley574">Hawley, 2005. pp. 574</ref> | |||
=== notes === | === notes === | ||
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Revision as of 11:22, 9 April 2009
A business magnate, sometimes referred to as a baron, industrialist, magnate, mogul, or tycoon, is a slightly informal term used to refer to an entrepreneur who helped create or who have dominated their industries.
Etymology
The word tycoon has its origin in the title Nihonkoku taikun, or the "Sovereign Lord of Japan," which was used to describe the Japanese shogun from 1635 onward.[1]
notes
- ↑ Hawley, 2005. pp. 574