تعريف captain of industry في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.
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
It was he who maneuvered a captain of industry, steelmaker Francis Mer, rather than a government mandarin into the finance minister's job.
You can refer to the owners or senior managers of industrial companies as captains of industry