: one whose wealth is estimated at a billion or more dollars, pounds, or other monetary units
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Recent Examples on the WebRussian billionaire and businessman Yevgeniy Prigozhin. Patrick Smith, NBC News, 16 Sep. 2022 The sequel focuses on tech billionaire Miles Bron (Norton), who invites friends for a trip to his private island, though one of them soon winds up dead. Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2022 The billionaire, who co-founded the online coupon company Honey, is shopping around his 20,000-square-foot showplace for $150 million. Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2022 Originally portrayed as a teen inventor, the series reimagines Swift as a Black, gay billionaire who is thrust into conflict with a mysterious global cabal following the sudden disappearance of his father. Wilson Chapman, Variety, 30 June 2022 Named after Birmingham’s first Black billionaire, Arthur George Gaston, the motel, which has been closed for decades, served as a headquarters for leaders during the civil rights movement. Kalyn Dunkins | Kdunkins@al.com, al, 30 June 2022 As of this week, the total was about $76 billion, but most of the loss was suffered by a single billionaire, Changpeng Zhao, the chief executive of the crypto exchange Binance, whose $65 billion fortune shrank to $17.4 billion. Declan Harty, Fortune, 30 June 2022 As of this week, the total was about $76 billion, but most of the loss was suffered by a single billionaire, Changpeng Zhao, the chief executive of the crypto exchange Binance, whose $65 billion fortune shrank to $17.4 billion.New York Times, 29 June 2022 Ellison bought the ocean-to-lake estate – and part of nearby Bird Island – from a trust controlled by a fellow software billionaire, Jim Clark. Darrell Hofheinz, USA TODAY, 23 June 2022 See More