Coal baron

A coal baron is a term colloquially used to describe an entrepreneur who possesses great power or influence through the possession and operation of coal mines. The phenomena exists in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. Coal barons reached their peak influence between the 1880s and the 1950s.^[1][2][3]

Joseph Keppler's 1889 cartoon depicting monopolists as dominating American politics as the "Bosses of the Senate".

Notable examples

• Gautam Adani^[4]
• Edward Julius Berwind
• Don Blankenship^[5]
• Eldad Cicero Camp
• Chris Cline^[6]
• Eckley Brinton Coxe
• Jim Justice^[7][8]
• Joe Manchin^[9][10]
• Ario Pardee
• Gina Rinehart^[11]
• Pavel Tykač^[12]

See also

• Business magnate
• Business oligarch
• Media proprietor