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A tycoon is a businessperson with great wealth or influence. It entered English from a Japanese term meaning "great prince," and was originally used to describe shoguns. Now the word has traded battlefields for boardrooms, but the power plays remain.

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September 12, 2025

tycoon

[ tahy-koon ] noun

a businessperson with great wealth or influence

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