Sentences with phrase «wealthy oil tycoon»

Set in the midst of California's petroleum boom, Day - Lewis plays Daniel Plainview, a man who begins as a humble miner and evolves into a wealthy oil tycoon.

Hammer, who played the fabulously wealthy Winklevoss twins in The Social Network — and is himself the great - grandson of the still - more - fabulously - wealthy oil tycoon Armand Hammer — is an amiable enough cinematic presence, and Fichtner is magnificent as Cavendish, snarling and sneering and eating the occasional human body part with demonic aplomb.

Not exact matches

Wealthy elite interests and oil tycoons arriving at the posh resort to plot their anti-democracy agenda were greeted with the aerial message «Koch Brothers: Dirty Money.»

You might remember Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was president and controlling shareholder of oil company Yukos and the wealthiest man in Russia until his arrest in 2003 and subsequent conviction and imprisonment for fraud and tax evasion.

Family lawyers for Yasmin Prest, the ex wife of oil tycoon Michael Prest are contesting the decision given by the CoA on the 26 October, which ruled that companies owned by Mr Prest would not be made to hand over assets totaling # 17.5 m to his ex-wife, in a judgment which was criticised by critics saying that it would enable wealthy spouses to protect their assets in divorce proceedings.