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an oil tycoon who's widely considered the most powerful man in the county
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After The Hunger Games film series wrapped in 2015, Sutherland portrayed oil tycoon J. Paul Getty in the FX series Trust (2018) then starred in the HBO psychological thriller miniseries The Undoing (2020) alongside Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant.
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Madeline Cisneros, EW.com, 19 May 2024
Overseas Highway, Florida In 1905, oil tycoon Henry Flagler announced his plans to build a railroad connecting Key West to the Florida mainland.
—Teddy Brokaw, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024
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Madeline Cisneros, EW.com, 19 May 2024
Overseas Highway, Florida In 1905, oil tycoon Henry Flagler announced his plans to build a railroad connecting Key West to the Florida mainland.
—Teddy Brokaw, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024
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“Tycoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tycoon. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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tycoon
noun
ty·coon
tī-ˈkün 
: a very wealthy and powerful business person
Etymology
Japanese taikun "shogun"
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