Today's Word "Mogul"
A powerful or influential person
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mogul \MO-guhl\ (noun) - A powerful or influential person; magnate.
"Sadly, we will have to wait for the contractual nondisclosure agreements of disenchanted employees to expire before we can get firsthand accounts of what it is like to work for the world's most reclusive software mogul."
After Mogul, one of the dynasty of Mongol conquerors whose rule in India spanned from 1526 to 1857. Also moghul or mughal.