wealthier; wealthiest
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He is a wealthy entrepreneur.
the wealthiest nations in the world
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For perspective, the net worth of the seven wealthiest people in the world--all AI luminaries including Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Google’s Larry Page and Sergey Brin and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang--exceeds $2 trillion, close to the GDP of Canada.
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Martine Paris, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
In a recent interview with The School of Hard Knocks, a popular social-media channel known for interviewing wealthy entrepreneurs, Repole shared his contrarian view on entrepreneurship, emphasizing the brutal realities that most success stories gloss over.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
For one, Hong Kong has lowered the barriers for wealthy people to qualify for residency through investment after revamping its Capital Investment Entrant Scheme earlier this year.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
In order to embolden and support his organization, bin Laden often videotaped himself with messages aimed at his target audience, established training centers in Afghanistan, had an expansive funding network that included wealthy individuals, couriers, mosques and other complex ways to raise funds.
—Richard Frankel, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
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Martine Paris, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
In a recent interview with The School of Hard Knocks, a popular social-media channel known for interviewing wealthy entrepreneurs, Repole shared his contrarian view on entrepreneurship, emphasizing the brutal realities that most success stories gloss over.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
For one, Hong Kong has lowered the barriers for wealthy people to qualify for residency through investment after revamping its Capital Investment Entrant Scheme earlier this year.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
In order to embolden and support his organization, bin Laden often videotaped himself with messages aimed at his target audience, established training centers in Afghanistan, had an expansive funding network that included wealthy individuals, couriers, mosques and other complex ways to raise funds.
—Richard Frankel, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Wealthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wealthy. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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