The entire territory -- this dazzling financial and trade hub of Asia, gateway to the emerging economic powerhouse of China -- lies literally at the magnate's feet.
In the past decade, Wu had turned Hopewell, once just another local property company, into an infrastructure and power developer in China, the Philippines, Thailand and soon, says the magnate, in Pakistan and India.
In the early nineteen-nineties, Clean Hands effectively destroyed the Christian Democrat and Socialist Parties, and in 1994 there was a huge electoral shift, this time to the newly formed party of the magnate Silvio Berlusconi.
The mining magnate plans to revive the Great Depression-era party and stand candidates for every seat in the House of Representatives and Senate at general elections on Sept. 14.
The steel magnate expects future demand in the steel industry to be driven by the "BRIC" countries--an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India and China.
The reclusive magnate from Denver - dubbed "the richest American you've never heard of" by Fortune magazine - has a reputation for sinking money into failing businesses and turning them around.
With only three weeks to go before the polls, the formerly unthinkable - a return to power by the media magnate who has dominated Italian politics for the past two decades - has now become possible, political observers are saying.
Named after Warren Buffett, the eponymous piece of proposed tax legislation was born out of comments made by the billionaire business magnate bemoaning the fact that his secretary paid a higher tax rate than he did.
John Fredriksen, the legendary Norwegian shipping magnate behind the creation of Seadrill, is one of the more shareholder-friendly CEOs from overseas.
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The resulting remodel of the shipping magnate's 37th-floor Miami Beach condo turned a three-bedroom, closed-in space into a two-bedroom open loft.
When he died last April, the Manhattan real estate magnate owned the most rarefied collection of Ferraris (and some Lamborghinis and Zondas) in the world.
The media magnate is making a strong bid to return to power just over a year after he was forced to resign, says the BBC's David Willey in Rome.
He confirmed that he is the godfather of one of Murdoch's children, but said that is because his relationship with the media magnate changed once he was no longer prime minister.
Standing in the construction magnate's Mexico City home on Mar. 2, 1998, Lerma says, Perusquia admitted he had gambled Lerma's fortune away on shaky Canadian gold stocks and used false account statements to cover it up.
The construction magnate and his powerful board are able to wield influence with banks and allow Real to secure credit on favorable terms which, combined with a lucrative domestic television rights deal, puts them in a stronger financial position.
If the Russian gas magnate and former prime minister said the game was up, Mr Milosevic might well have listened.
The greetings card magnate, who had been at the club for 14 years, had been seeking to sell his controlling stake for some time.
The Canadian newspaper magnate has never looked like recovering from the drubbing.
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His off-course appetite for helicopters, deep-sea fishing and scuba and skydiving fortified the legend-allowing him to hobnob with the likes of the Australian media magnate Kerry Packer, Jack Welch and Bill Clinton and win lucrative endorsements from Chevrolet and Titleist, the golf-equipment maker.
With the backing of the local salt 'magnate', John Corbett, the town became the only salt-water spa-town in Britain.
The owner, steel magnate Leroy Schecter, is combining the units into one large apartment that will have five bedrooms, seven bathrooms, a library, a gallery area and access to some of the best building amenities in the city ( 15 CPW is famous for them).
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Major Italian daily Corriere Della Sera notes the 75-year-old media magnate counts with the support of 304 deputies, 12 votes shy of the 316 needed for an absolute majority.
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The Israeli business magnate has long owned property and spent some of his time in London.
Olsen was the Norwegian shipping magnate who was a friend and patron of Munch.
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The canny media magnate was immediately accused of courting extreme right-wing support for his proposed new People of Freedom party coalition in the run-up to the election on 24-25 February.
But the real winner in this battle may be Carlos Slim Helu Carlos Slim Helu , the Mexican telecommunications magnate who managed to turn his stake in a struggling long-distance company into over a billion dollars.
Now, as the billionaire steel magnate attempts to corral enough shareholder votes to complete Mittal Steel's hostile takeover of Luxembourg-based rival Arcelor by the end of June, he has reiterated his belief that consolidation will improve the sustainability of the industry.
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