captain of industry
Example Sentences
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His excellent training saves the show’s favorite captain of industry.
From Salon • Aug. 11, 2025
At one of these meetings, I was meeting with a captain of industry, a very important person.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2025
The situations in which the 61-year-old Emirati found himself embroiled were the type of things that would typically force the resignation of a politician or a captain of industry.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2023
To Mr. Paul, the point was becoming clear: As a budding captain of industry, he might have to learn to steer the Team 10 ship through the ice fields without ramming every last iceberg.
From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2017
This incident came to mind when reading in a popular weekly a telling story, camouflaged as to names, location and business, but recorded as the experience of a captain of industry.
From The Book of Courage by Faris, John Thomson
