tycoon
/taɪˈkuːn/ (bre, ipa) · [taɪkˈun] /taɪˈkuːn/ (ame, ipa) · [taɪkˈun] /tī-ˈkün How to pronounce tycoon (audio)/ (ame, mw)
tycoon — noun
- tycoonsingular
- tycoonsplural
1. a person who owns or runs a very large and successful company, making them extre
a person who owns or runs a very large and successful company, making them extremely rich and able to influence business or politics
Mei-Lin's father was a shipping tycoon who owned ports across Southeast Asia.
shipping tycoon — tycoon preceded by industry name
The property tycoon bought three hotels in Lisbon and two more in Madrid.
property tycoon — attributive use with real estate
Kwame became a tech tycoon after selling his software company.
Omar, a media tycoon, owns newspapers in twelve countries across Africa and Europe.
Ananya's uncle is a steel tycoon whose factories employ over thirty thousand people.
- magnate
slightly more formal than tycoon; very common in financial writing (oil magnate, media magnate)
- mogul
strongly associated with entertainment and media industries (film mogul, Hollywood mogul); has a glamorous tone
- baron
historical feel from 19th-century 'robber barons'; now used critically or humorously (drug baron, press baron)
文法句型
tycoon + noun (industry area)
tycoon + of + industry
用法筆記
Often combined with an industry name placed right before it: shipping tycoon, media tycoon, tech tycoon. The word typically describes someone who built their own business rather than inheriting it, and it carries a neutral-to-slightly-impressed tone.