Talk:Business magnate
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[edit] Bill Gates
I think Bill Gates qualifies, but I'm not sure. Nelson Ricardo 06:09, Oct 11, 2004 (UTC)
I would agree that Bill Gates could, and should, be considered a "famous industrialist"
--- industrialist should be merged, but fo gates, it's not right. industrialist was coined in an era where the money was to be made from manufacturing, mining, or other such grand endeavors dealing with massive scale and the physical world. Yes, Gates deals with the physical world too, but his major contribution is in software, which is much more ephemeral, almost akin to publishing. since "informationalist" was never coined to replace "industrialist", we're kinda stuck. he's a magnate, a tycoon, a mogul, but industrialist, not really.
Bullshit. If Hearst is an industrialist so is Gates. He's the captain of an industry--the compouter industry. Of course he's a bloody industrialist. -Dicky Betz
[edit] Etymology
The article name and listing uses "magnate", but the etymology only explains the origins of "tycoon" and "mogul". Anyone care to elaborate? Unigolyn 09:57, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] How about some women?
The glaring omissions I can think of are Oprah Winfrey ($1.5 billion, TV, publishing), Martha Stewart ($650 million, home furnishings, TV, publishing), Leona Helmsley (over $5 billion, real estate) right off the bat, to say nothing of the non-US female tycoons of the last century. Or should that be a separate "Business Tycette" article? If no-one else objects, I'm going to start adding some women and non-US folks to this currently thin list. Strike71 05:56, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
- Added a few people to the "notable magnates" list, including six women with greater business empires, fortunes, and more influence than many of the men on the list. Also, Paul Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates and defines a "Tycoon" in many ways (Microsoft, Vulcan, Scaled Composites and the Ansari X-Prize, professional sports teams, $500mil. in philanthropic gifts, etc.) better than Bill Gates, at least as far as variety of interests goes. Also cleaned up the alphabetizing and organization a tad. Strike71 21:50, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
- Came back and saw Ms. Winfrey and Ms. Stewart were removed - if they aren't business magnates, with the media empires they control, then half the other people on the list aren't either. Also, the person that eliminated them didn't sign in and removed only them, which is just snarky. strike71 06:16, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
