Sentence examples for larger fortunes from inspiring English sources

He has parlayed his sports contacts, work ethic and business instincts into one of Eastern Europe's larger fortunes, estimated at $1.2 billion by the magazine Forbes last year.

While matadors like Mr. Padilla have been unbending in their commitment to bullfighting, the larger fortunes of the profession have undergone turmoil in the last several years.

(Ma dipped below the Top 40 cutoff this year because he was overtaken by entrepreneurs with even larger fortunes).

"And the entrepreneur sold his small company to a much larger Fortune 100 company.

Mr. Ellison, meanwhile, was presented with the prospect of overtaking Microsoft and his archrival, Bill Gates, the only person with a larger fortune.

The wealth he earned during this time became the foundation of the larger fortune he would later earn in real estate.

The collision has focused attention on the heir to one of Brazil's largest fortunes.

Today, these attitudes are neatly characterized by the large fortunes that art sometimes commands.

Both have large fortunes, though they are not widely known in financial circles outside the West.

Britain's generous trust law ensures that the country's largest fortunes are largely kept intact.

I've mentioned Herbert Hoover's disdain for the "idle rich" and his strong support for breaking up large fortunes.