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a rich person who has at least a billion dollars, pounds, etc.
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Recent Examples of billionaires
In a world of jaded billionaires, psychiatrist-gurus, bio-hacked tech bros, AI labs and disillusioned teens being optimized in elite private schools, an audacious data-mining CEO (Billy Magnussen) strives to turn insight and influence into profit and power.
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 16 June 2026
On the floor, some lawmakers tied the tax credit to the nation’s rising wealth inequality and the fabulous wealth of tech billionaires.
—Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026
Their biggest clash of all is over a ballot measure sponsored by SEIU-UHW that would levy a 5% tax on the wealth of California’s roughly 200 billionaires and devote nearly all of its revenue to propping up health care.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
The billionaires will never find happiness from their money.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 15 June 2026
So Mamdani gets credit and celebration for Arsenal's win, even though the money spent to turn Arsenal and the Knicks into championship-level teams came from billionaires that Mamdani rails against.
—Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
SpaceX, which went public on Friday, created thousands of new millionaires and several billionaires.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 13 June 2026
And new billionaires are being minted every year, thanks to the sport.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
Sign up for the daily India Edition newsletter by Menaka Doshi – an insider's guide to the emerging economic powerhouse, and the billionaires and businesses behind its rise.
—Shruti Srivastava, Bloomberg, 8 June 2026
Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 16 June 2026
On the floor, some lawmakers tied the tax credit to the nation’s rising wealth inequality and the fabulous wealth of tech billionaires.
—Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026
Their biggest clash of all is over a ballot measure sponsored by SEIU-UHW that would levy a 5% tax on the wealth of California’s roughly 200 billionaires and devote nearly all of its revenue to propping up health care.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
The billionaires will never find happiness from their money.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 15 June 2026
So Mamdani gets credit and celebration for Arsenal's win, even though the money spent to turn Arsenal and the Knicks into championship-level teams came from billionaires that Mamdani rails against.
—Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
SpaceX, which went public on Friday, created thousands of new millionaires and several billionaires.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 13 June 2026
And new billionaires are being minted every year, thanks to the sport.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
Sign up for the daily India Edition newsletter by Menaka Doshi – an insider's guide to the emerging economic powerhouse, and the billionaires and businesses behind its rise.
—Shruti Srivastava, Bloomberg, 8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for billionaires
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Both Anthropic and rival OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, are set to go public in the coming year, minting thousands of new multi-millionaires.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
17 June 2026
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Many of them are part of the more than 4,000 that became paper millionaires when SPCX closed at about $161 on Friday.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
15 June 2026
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Then the plutocrats circled their yachts.—
Gary Sernovitz,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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The Titanic is still a subject of worldwide fascination, in part because of the range of passengers aboard the ship, from paupers to plutocrats.—
Jill Lawless,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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Tech executives, venture capitalists and business leaders have donated roughly $118 million to a nonprofit called Building a Better California, according to data on the secretary of state’s website.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies.—
Diana Olick,
CNBC,
17 June 2026
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“Billionaires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billionaires. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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