Jackie Mason

If I'm a busboy in Philadelphia, then I have to be careful about what I say. But if I'm a public tycoon like Jerry Seinfeld, and I got a billion dollars in my pocket, he's got to be nuts to wonder or worry about what people are going to think.

American Comedian

Thomas Frank

In the last James Bond movie, the villain was a culture captain, a tycoon of culture, a Murdoch figure. It's not as if people don't know what is going on.

American Author

Stephen Kinzer

In his tub-thumping speech at the 2008 Republican National Convention, Romney sounded like the hedge-fund tycoon he is.

P. J. O'Rourke

Obama, in pursuit of power, has been as greedy and irresponsible as any Wall Street tycoon in pursuit of money.

Ehud Barak

I'm not a tycoon or anything like that. Does my property amount to several million dollars? Of course it does.

Israeli Statesman

Benny Gantz

I'm not some tycoon and I don't consider myself a businessman.

Israeli Politician

Scott Cawthon

Maybe I'll try my hand at a pizzeria tycoon game, who knows.

American Designer

Damon Dash

American Businessman

The word 'tycoon' often implies admiration for someone's business skills and success.

Cultural Connotation

'Tycoon' also suggests the person has significant influence or power in their industry or society.

Power Influence

Using 'tycoon' often highlights not just wealth, but wealth that impresses or causes envy.

Impressive Wealth

 and she'd seen some of my photographs in an art exhibition and was wondering if she could commission me to take a portrait of her parents. Now, at the time I hadn't met Stacey, and I thought this was some sort of wealthy oil tycoon and I'd struck it rich, but it was only later that I found out

Alec Soth + Stacey...

 I work and work and work all the time." Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch said, "It's all hard work. Nothing comes easily. But I have a lot of fun." Did he say fun? Yes. Successful people have fun working. That's why I say they're not really workaholics. They're workafrolics.