Sentences with phrase «magnates in»

Winter Park was founded as a resort community mainly by northern business magnates in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Winter Park was founded as a resort community by northern business magnates in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

It was clear the tobacco industry had met its match when the surgeon general made smoking a national health issue, when the mass media and entertainment industry abandoned the Marlboro man, when juries discovered that companies were responsible for the lungs of their consumers, and when powerful figures on Capitol Hill eschewed donations from tobacco magnates in favor of those contributed by trial lawyers who made billions from suing them.

Diller, a media magnate in his own right who currently runs IAC / InterActiveCorp and created Fox Broadcasting among other properties, sees Trump's rise as the triumph of image over substance.

In The Man Who Walked Around the World, Glaswegian character actor Robert Carlyle strides down a rugged mountain path, telling the story of young John Walker's rise from farm boy to shopkeeper to whisky magnate in a single, uninterrupted and utterly captivating 6 1/2 minute take.

With eight content packed 30 - minute sessions, you'll go from zero to social media magnate in less than a month.

This pink Art Deco mansion has changed little since it was built for a steel window magnate in 1934.

Gere plays a hedge - fund magnate in over his head, desperately trying to complete the sale of his trading empire before the depths of his fraud are revealed.

Money, wealth and being a son of a 18th century shipping magnate in New York City.

Represented an African cellphone magnate in the resolution of disputes with his U.S. and Egyptian partners and a disappointed prospective Israeli investor.

Not exact matches

Global sales were projected to top $ 24 trillion in 2015 and are expected to grow another 3.2 % this year, making the magnates who run the sector's largest companies even wealthier.

While the Swedish business magnate is no longer directly involved in day - to - day decision - making operations, he still sits in on meetings as senior adviser to the supervisory board.

That is uncommon in corporate philanthropic history, as most magnates leave a legacy graced by their name in perpetuity, whether via foundations or schools — besides other Berkshire leaders like Munger and Pritzker, think of Carnegie, Ford, Kellogg or Rockefeller.

Indeed, on Wednesday, EverFi will announce that it has raised $ 190 million in new funding from a host of magnates to help bring schooling into the digital age.

The Jamaica - born business magnate and philanthropist saw his investment holding company Portland JSX Ltd. raise J$ 1.23 billion (C$ 10 million) in an initial public offering in June.

Mathile, an Ohio farm boy turned business magnate, came on board to manage pet - food company Iams in 1970 when it was doing $ 500,000 a year in sales.

(WASHINGTON)-- Billionaire Steve Wynn has stepped down as Republican National Committee finance chair, the RNC's chairwoman said, a day after reports that the casino magnate had engaged in multiple instances of sexual harassment.

Andrew Forrest has lost his battle to stop Yarri Mining from being granted mining tenements on land near the mining magnate's Minderoo cattle station in the Pilbara.

After spending a reported $ 25 million to launch his own political party in Austria, the auto - industry - magnate - turned - politician won only 6 % of votes.

West Perth - based oil and gas explorer Orca Energy has announced former mining magnate Nathan Tinkler will be its new executive chairman after participating in the company's $ 20 million capital raising.

Citing unnamed sources, the Wall Street Journal reported in June that Intrawest had approached Vladimir Potanin, a nickel - mining magnate building the ski resort in Sochi, in the Caucasus Mountains near the Black Sea, that will host the 2014 Olympics.

Then, in 2009, one of Levin's mentors, Hollywood magnate Peter Guber, advised him to strike out and build something he could be passionate about.

«It's quite a good idea that paper disappears,» British business magnate Richard Branson recently declared in announcing a new iPad - only magazine.

In one interview, Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis said, «Always carry a notebook.

The casino magnate has since built an empire that stretches beyond Vegas, launching gambling resorts in Singapore and Macau.

It was written about newspaper magnate, William Randolph Hearst, who fought to keep it from being released and forbade its mention in his newspapers.

BEIJING, April 25 (Reuters)- German car maker Daimler AG's boss said on Wednesday there was no indication the firm's largest shareholder, Chinese auto magnate Li Shufu, was planning a hostile takeover, after he took a $ 9 billion stake in the firm earlier this year.

In past cases when magnates have been prosecuted, some in the Russia business community have said the tycoons were victims of a plot by the Kremlin or by politically connected business rivals - though the authorities deny thaIn past cases when magnates have been prosecuted, some in the Russia business community have said the tycoons were victims of a plot by the Kremlin or by politically connected business rivals - though the authorities deny thain the Russia business community have said the tycoons were victims of a plot by the Kremlin or by politically connected business rivals - though the authorities deny that.

MOSCOW / LONDON, April 23 (Reuters)- In December, as news reports emerged about potential new U.S. sanctions against Russia, aluminium magnate Oleg Deripaska instructed advisers to draw up contingency plans, according to people close to the businessman and his firms.

MOSCOW / LONDON, April 23 - In December, as news reports emerged about potential new U.S. sanctions against Russia, aluminium magnate Oleg Deripaska instructed advisers to draw up contingency plans, according to people close to the businessman and his firms.

At stake is a roughly 20 percent interest in the Thunder held by Aubrey McClendon, the indebted Oklahoma energy magnate who died in a car crash on March 2.

Since oil magnate John D. Rockefeller founded the University of Chicago in 1890, the private school has established a global presence with international centers in Beijing, New Delhi, Paris, and Hong Kong.

Billionaire medical magnate George Yancopoulos, the co-founder of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (regn), told Bloomberg that it's time for the country to «make some decisions about what to invest in,» arguing for more emphasis on health and less on tech development.

Talk of American telecom magnate Verizon eyeing a spot in Canada's wireless industry has drawn heavy skepticism from industry experts.

Reportedly one of the 400 richest people in China, the recycling magnate claims to be the No. 1 philanthropist in the country; Chen was reportedly worth $ 740 million in 2012, but he has pledged to give away most, if not all, of his wealth before his death, inspired by Bill Gates» «Giving Pledge.»

So - called variable pay plans have been around for more than a century, and were first used by industrial magnates including George Eastman and William Procter out of sense of social conscience, writes Rutgers economist Joseph Blasi in this Huffington Post story.

In a brief interview, business magnate Richard Branson suggested, «[exercise] keeps the brain functioning well and I definitely can achieve twice as much in a day by keeping fit.&raquIn a brief interview, business magnate Richard Branson suggested, «[exercise] keeps the brain functioning well and I definitely can achieve twice as much in a day by keeping fit.&raquin a day by keeping fit.»

Way back in the 1930s, author Napoleon Hill interviewed a series of millionaires and philanthropists, starting with the steel magnate Andrew Carnegie.

He was the inventor of successful products like bifocal glasses, the lightning rod and the Franklin stove (among others) as well as a media magnate where he published several newspapers and his popular Poor Richard's Almanac, in which Franklin used a fictional character to share his own views on topics like politics and philosophy.

Located in the heart of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University carries on the traditions of Scottish founder and steel magnate Andrew Carnegie.

Despite humble beginnings, business magnate Li Ka - shing has become the wealthiest man in Hong Kong.

So how did Giegel and his partner Shervin Pishevar manage to convince one of the world's most high - profile business magnates to not only invest in their startup, but also join its board of directors and lend Virgin's name to the project?

IT magnates appears intended, at least in part, to warn American tech businesses off supporting any action that the Obama administration has planned to retaliate for China's hacking and industrial espionage,» William McCahill, a veteran China watcher who left a U.S. diplomatic career in 2000 to focus on business in the country, wrote last week for Mirabaud Securities.

One of the company's Carrier plants in Indianapolis, once destined to shutter and outsource manufacturing to Mexico, became a symbol of globalization's wreckage for the Republican real estate magnate on the campaign trail.

«I strongly believe that there will be such like people,» the recycling magnate told Buzzfeed in an interview Tuesday from his suite at the Essex Hotel overlooking Central Park after a press conference that he began (as is his custom) with a song.

As part of an aggressive new voter - targeting operation, Cambridge Analytica — financially supported by reclusive hedge fund magnate and leading Republican donor Robert Mercer — is now using so - called «psychographic profiles» of US citizens in order to help win Cruz votes, despite earlier concerns and red flags from potential survey - takers.

Trump filmed a speech and sent a video to the conference, and in exchange, a Ukrainian steel magnate donated $ 150,000 to Trump's personal charity, the New York Times reported.

In 1901, steel magnate Andrew Carnegie sold his entire empire to JP Morgan for $ 480 million — a sum he had scribbled on a piece of paper and that Morgan did not haggle over.

(And guess which Times - hating magnate is sitting across town with $ 12 billion - plus in cash and equivalents, only about to be a little drawn down by investor clamoring?)

This year's Magnates exhibit a mastery in identifying opportunities, influencing key individuals to bring a deal together, optimizing deal structure, and orchestrating a successful exit.