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I think Bill Gates qualifies, but I'm not sure. Nelson Ricardo 06:09, Oct 11, 2004 (UTC)
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)
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)
Surely he belongs on this list? He's tagged 'Media mogul' on just about every page about him. 213.122.234.165 (talk) 20:17, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
I believe something really huge is wrong here. To me, the whole article is displayed in Spanish! I do not have the knowledge to fix this, but it feels like a critical error...— Preceding unsigned comment added by Olof nord (talk • contribs) 14:33, May 16, 2011
A Business "magnate" is not a thing. It is certainly not a thing deserving of a wikipedia page. You're all idiots, especially whoever wrote this page. 24.235.129.212 (talk) 02:29, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
I'm removing Trump from the list. Yes, he "owns" a lot of real estate but he also owes billions and the stock listing for one of his holdings had to be delisted because the price went so low. In the late '80's, he told everyone, "I'm a multi-billionaire," but when the bankruptcy courts became involved, he was over $800 million in debt. The only reason he didn't have to declare bankruptcy was because the banks didn't want to start running his real estate companies.TL36 (talk) 02:10, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
Added Oprah Winfrey and Martha Stewart to the list already to increase the representation of females. Forbes still lists Trump as a billionaire as of 2014 and he's not just in real estate, but casino's, entertainment, book publishing, and started his own fashion line though I agree with your removal nonetheless. Backendgaming (talk) 05:02, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
For the record I have made sure that there are several redirects to this article from things like lumber baron, railroad baron, etc. These are very commonly used terms to refer to people prominent in the history of the development of the U.S., the West in particular. (I agree with the above that we need more women and global names but urge people to cite and/or discuss those additions on this talk page. Oprah seems like a natural for media mogul.) Valfontis (talk) 20:52, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
Martha Stewart and Oprah Winfrey are not business magnates. Why are they in this list. I will remove if sufficient reason is not given. A rich person is not a business magnate. A TV star earning great amounts of money is not a business magnate. Using their own name as a brand to endorse products also does not count as being a business magnate. Ergzay (talk) 02:18, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
I added Elon Musk because he is clearly the future captain of industry for solar power, automotive and rockets, satellites and colonizing other planets.--Arado (talk) 08:35, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
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Change Magnate to Magnet. [1]. MotherInet (talk) 13:30, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
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Magnates should be Magnet 66.27.46.82 (talk) 19:36, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
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template. RudolfRed (talk) 19:39, 25 September 2018 (UTC)Surely at least a few images of highly successful female entrepeneurs could be added here... Any suggestions?
--LGLou (talk) 14:44, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
"highly successful female entrepeneurs"isn't the same as "business magnate". Anna Wintour and Oprah might be highly successful women in their own right, but do they have "ownership of multiple lines of enterprise"? To be honest, keeping the gallery might be more trouble than it's worth. Sdrqaz (talk) 17:59, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
Seems like a typo AboutMeREAL (talk) 12:05, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
I propose that this article be renamed industrialist for the following reasons: 1) it is far more common. A Google search for "business magnate" turns up less than 1 million results versus over 12 million for "industrialist" 2) Industrialist is the name of the large category tree, see Category:Industrialists
Thoughts?--User:Namiba 13:29, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
The gallery is wholly unsourced. It should be reformatted as a bullet-point list, with proper citations, and an explanation of why each is considered a business magnate (what industries they dominated, etc.) DFlhb (talk) 18:14, 21 April 2023 (UTC)