captain of industry
noun phrase
: someone who owns or manages a large, successful business or company
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The captain of industry saving Ecuador’s cloud forest Courtesy Roque Sevilla
When Roque Sevilla, the former mayor of Quito, told me about his entrepreneurial journey from setting up an insurance company to saving Ecuador’s forests, I was blown away.
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Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Apr. 2024
Bertha’s husband, George (Morgan Spector) battles his unionizing workers in a conceit extending the show’s long track record of trying to make George both a ruthless captain of industry — the kind that might pitilessly drive a man to suicide — but also (maybe?) a good man.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
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Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Apr. 2024
Bertha’s husband, George (Morgan Spector) battles his unionizing workers in a conceit extending the show’s long track record of trying to make George both a ruthless captain of industry — the kind that might pitilessly drive a man to suicide — but also (maybe?) a good man.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
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“Captain of industry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/captain%20of%20industry. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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