taipan

noun3

1. •
   Any venomous elapid snake of the genus Oxyuranus, found in Australia and New Guinea.
2. •
   A foreign businessman in China; a tycoon.

   • Of course it was very sad, but the taipan could hardly help a smile when he thought how many of these young fellows he had drunk underground. — 1922
3. •
   (Philippines) A tycoon (usually of Chinese Filipino background)