captain of industry

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captain of industry (plural captains of industry)

1. (idiomatic) A prominent business person who owns or is the highest-ranking executive of one or more major firms, especially one who has considerable wealth and influence.
   • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, ch. 10:

     Plugson, who has indomitably spun Cotton merely to gain thousands of pounds . . . was a Captain of Industry, born member of the Ultimate genuine Aristocracy of this Universe, could he have known it!

   • 1910, Jack London, "Goliah," in Revolution and Other Essays:

     Walter Bassett was the greatest captain of industry west of the Rockies, and was one of the small group that controlled the nation in everything but name.

   • 2002, James Graff, "The Power Behind the Throne," Time, 3 Jun:

     It was he who maneuvered a captain of industry, steelmaker Francis Mer, rather than a government mandarin into the finance minister's job.

[edit] Synonyms

• magnate, tycoon

[edit] References

• "captain of industry" at OneLook® Dictionary Search.