Tycoon

Noun

 * 1) A wealthy and powerful business person.
 * Chairman Yu is a tycoon who owns multiple hotel chains.

Synonyms

 * captain of industry, magnate, mogul

Thesaurus
Dalai Lama, Establishment, Holy Roman Emperor, Inca, Kaiser, VIP, ardri, banker, baron, bey, big boss, big businessman, big cheese, big gun, big man, big name, big shot, big wheel, big-time operator, big-timer, bigwig, billionaire, brass, brass hat, business leader, businessman, cacique, caesar, captain of industry, celebrity, cham, czar, dignitary, dignity, director, elder, enterpriser, entrepreneur, father, figure, financier, great man, important person, industrialist, interests, kaid, khan, king, lion, little businessman, lords of creation, magnate, man of commerce, man of mark, manager, merchant, merchant prince, mikado, mogul, multimillionaire, nabob, name, negus, notability, notable, padishah, panjandrum, pendragon, person of renown, personage, personality, pharaoh, pillar of society, potentate, power, power elite, prince, rig, ruling circle, sachem, sagamore, shah, sheikh, shogun, somebody, something, tenno, the great, the top, top brass, top executive, top people, very important person, wheeler-dealer, worthy

Etymology
From 大君 (たいくん, taikun), a title for the shogun.

Pronunciation

 * Other 1: (tīko͞onʹ)
 * Other 2: tigh-KOON
 * Other 2: tigh-KOON

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 大亨, 巨頭, 巨头, 財閥, 财阀, 大款
 * Dutch: magnaat
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: Magnat
 * Hungarian: iparmágnás


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 巨頭 (きょとう, kyotō)
 * Manx: ard-ghelleyder
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: tajkun, magnat
 * Spanish: