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captains of industry

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  1. A phrase that is sometimes used to describe businesspeople who are especially successful and powerful.


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A whole lot of inventors, artists, writers, musicians, engineers, mathematicians, and captains of industry are and have always been autistic.

From Seattle Times • May 12, 2023

Otherwise, it’s a bunch of finance executives and captains of industry.

From Slate • Nov. 8, 2022

Van Lee rose through the ranks, worked with captains of industry in a variety of fields and promoted equity and diversity years before they were familiar ideas.

From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2021

"Amid a historic global crisis the captains of industry have played a key role in keeping us fed, entertained and connected," he said.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2021

The vuvv happily sold their knowledge to captains of industry in exchange for rights to the Earth’s electromagnetic energy fields and some invisible quantum events.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson