What are the different industries in which one finds, or used to find, ‘tycoons’ and ‘magnates’?
I’m researching the period 1850-1930 in the USA and UK for my own enjoyment, and like reading about the old tycoons like JP Morgan and their fictional counterparts (like the Monopoly Man!).
I know this was the ‘gilded age’ of industry, but what industries were they a part of, and what are the equivalent industries today? [...]