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Tycoon vs Billionaire - What's the difference?

tycoon | billionaire |

As nouns the difference between tycoon and billionaire

is that tycoon is a wealthy and powerful business person while billionaire is somebody whose wealth is greater than one billion (109) dollars, or other currency.

tycoon

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia tycoon)
  • A wealthy and powerful business person.
    • Chairman Yu is a tycoon who owns multiple hotel chains.
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    • Synonyms

    * captain of industry, magnate, mogul

    Derived terms

    * tycoonocracy

    Related terms

    * daimyo * taipan

    See also

    * ("tycoon" on Wikipedia)

    billionaire

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Somebody whose wealth is greater than one billion (109) dollars, or other currency.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=70, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Engineers of a different kind , passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.

    Related terms

    * billion * millionaire * trillionaire

    See also

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