tech baron

plural tech barons

1. A prominent and influential technology entrepreneur.

   One doesn’t have to admire Ford or Rockefeller to notice that their philanthropic endeavours, whatever their real political goals, were not supposed to make extra cash. But is it really so with our new tech barons?

   2016 October 15, Evgeny Morozov, “Mark Zuckerberg and philanthropy: it’s not like it was in Rockefeller’s day”, in The Guardian

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   The Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel, a self-described anarcho-capitalist, is a major supporter of the movement – which, like space colonization, seems to attract the enthusiasm of a certain kind of fantastically rich and rightwing tech baron.

   2021 February 5, Matt Shaw, “Billionaire capitalists are designing humanity's future. Don't let them”, in The Guardian

   Synonyms: techlord