Sentence examples for derive their wealth from inspiring English sources

The Bertrams of Mansfield Park derive their wealth from a plantation in Antigua that is worked by slave labourers.

Many of them derive their wealth directly from the financial sector, working for hedge funds, private-equity firms or investment banks.

-- The Waltons derive their wealth from Walmart, a company that has historically donated more to Republican causes and lobbied aggressively on taxes and labor issues.

Nevertheless new kinds of kingship and governance laid the foundations for the explosive growth of empires that derived their wealth from systematic conquest and forcible appropriation of resources.

Among the Indian billionaires included on the most recent Forbes rich list, a majority have derived their wealth from land, natural resources or government contracts and licenses, all areas that require support from politicians.

BUZZ: If you're wondering why this construction site sounds like it should be in the beverage industry, here's the reason: It was cofounded by Facundo Bacardi, whose family derives their wealth from the famous brand of rum.

"The evidence suggests that top income earners today are not 'rentiers' deriving their incomes from past wealth, but rather are 'working rich,' highly paid employees or new entrepreneurs who have not yet accumulated fortunes comparable to those accumulated during the Gilded Age," Mr. Saez writes.

Elisabeth Murdoch and Matthew Freud made their first appearance in the media list – although not the overall rich list where they rank 315th – as they derive some of their wealth from PR.

The society's current online show about the Lefferts family's formative role in the borough across four centuries does not stint in describing how "the Leffertses derived much of their wealth from the labor of enslaved people".

Regarding the firm's ownership concentration, large stockholders, unlike minority shareholders, may have incentives to supervise managerial actions as the increase in their wealth derived from their supervisory action may be higher than the direct supervisory costs incurred.

This year we have found 16 billionaires, and only 5 of the top 40 don't derive an important source of their wealth from stocks.