He used significant amounts of leverage, or borrowed money, to magnify his bets.
"Some of the people we sell apartments to run companies that use significant amounts of office space," he said.
Using significant amounts of his money, as well as his connections, prestige and negotiating skills, Mr. Rockefeller was instrumental in establishing and enlarging national parks in Wyoming, California, the Virgin Islands, Vermont, Maine and Hawaii.
In the 1960s Jerome Kohlberg Jnr pioneered the leveraged buyout, or LBO, in which a company is bought using significant amounts of borrowed money.
In addition to using significant amounts of water, the process may lead to leakages of significant amounts of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that scientists say contributes to climate change.
But the projects also use significant amounts of energy and water to dig up deposits and then transform the bitumen into synthetic crude oil while leaving behind large, toxic waste ponds.
Neurons use significant amounts of energy to generate signals.
As companies that use significant amounts of open-source code, having these three organizations in particular really raises the profile of the project.
Facilities in these industries, or that report using significant amounts of toxic chemicals, are required by law to report annually on the releases of those chemicals into the environment.
When nutrient-limited complex YG medium was used, significant amounts of 1,2-PDO were formed and it became obvious that the concerted supply of NADH and DHAP are essential for boosting 1,2-PDO production.
