captains of industry

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

Example Sentences

It was an era dominated by corrupt "captains of industry" or "robber barons" whose corrupting influence also extended to government and politics.

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“Here you get a little 5-foot-four guy who flies airplanes and the next thing you know this guy is in the White House meeting all these senators and congressmen, standing in front of all these captains of industry and have them pat me on the back and shake my hand,” Dwight says.

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It seems that the captains of industry want to Hansel and Gretel you into either needing an abortion or using a gun – maybe both, but you’ll be driving a car impossible to pay for while drunk, stoned and playing with ben wa balls.

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Wealthy captains of industry such as entrepreneur Jack Ma and others have paid the price with demotions or worse for speaking out on politically sensitive issues.

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For all its cultural and economic legacy as a place of extracted wealth, where captains of industry have bitten into the earth to carry off the riches of coal seams, Kentucky is also a state where things go to disappear.

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