Meaning of captain of industry | Babel Free

Definitions

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.

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Examples

“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!”

“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⟳.”

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

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