He became a railroad tycoon after investing heavily in the railway industry.
Он стал железнодорожным магнатом после крупных инвестиций в железнодорожную отрасль.
Definitionen
A railroad tycoon is a wealthy and powerful person who owns, controls, or has significant influence over railroad companies, especially during the period of rapid railroad expansion in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The term is often associated with industrialists who amassed great fortunes and wielded considerable economic and political power through their involvement in the railroad industry.