captain of industry

Noun

 * 1) 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.

Usage notes
Now chiefly with reference or allusion to the s of US industry prior to the development of antitrust legislation.

Translations

 * Finnish: teollisuuspohatta
 * French:
 * Polish: wódz branży