Business executives should plunge into politics but a private fortune shouldn't buy a Senate seat.

It made one of the world's largest private fortunes in the oil business during the late 19th and early 20th century.

"Is that private fortune you mentioned large enough to repay her?"

Millions of dollars in Government revenue and potential private fortunes may ride on each decision.

He was an agreeable man with a small private fortune and a look of poverty.

You're its only child, or you were till Mark came along, and he has his own private fortune.

A lot of private fortunes have been built on that.

Yet why should I turn my back upon the right over a matter of my private fortunes?

This is due to the fact that private fortunes were made from a system developed with public money.

He was heir to the largest private fortune in Russia.