In 1924 Sir Lewis Richardson, a South African millionaire businessman acquired Harrington House.

A successful ironmaster and businessman in his own right, Coleman took over the Cornwall operations, acquired other properties, and went on to become Pennsylvania's first millionaire.

This succeeded when a prominent local businessman, Kwik-Fit owner Sir Tom Farmer, acquired a controlling interest in Hibs.

In 2001, Irish businessman and racing enthusiast Tony Ryan acquired Castleton Farm from the Van Lennep Family Trust.

The businessman also acquired a large farm on the northern third of Mackinac Island, the site of today's Wawashkamo Golf Club.

The businessman made a fortune through his Logovaz car dealerships and later acquired large stakes in oil, television, banking and airlines.

Abandoned for two decades, when the crab fishing picked up in the sixties a local businessman acquired her as government surplus and remodeled her into a restaurant, hotel and bar.

On his death Jamnalal Bajaj wrote: "If all businessmen in India would acquire half his love for things Indian, there is no reason why all our enterprises should not flourish."

However, in 1876, the businessman Walter L. Vail, a native of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, and Herbert Hislop, an Englishman, acquired the ranch and established the Empire Land & Cattle Company.

A fight ensues where the businessman terrorizes his girlfriend, and acquires more and more metal on his body.