Captain of industry was a term originally used in the U.S. during the Industrial Revolution describing a business leader whose means of amassing a personal fortune contributes positively to the country in some way. This may have been through increased productivity, expansion of markets, providing more jobs, or acts of philanthropy. This contrasts with robber baron, a term used to describe a business leader applying unscrupulous practices and bribery of public officials for "sympathetic" interpretation of the law. Captain of Industry are a four piece band hailing from Dayton, Ohio, the fertile indie breeding ground that has produced such mainstay acts as Guided by Voices, Brainiac, and The Breeders. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... A Watt steam engine, the steam engine that propelled the Industrial Revolution in Britain and the world. ... Philanthropy is the act of donating money, goods, time, or effort to support a charitable cause, usually over an extended period of time and in regard to a defined objective. ... John D. Rockefeller Sr. ... Bribery is a crime implying a sum or gift given alters the behaviour of the person in ways not consistent with the duties of that person. ...

Some nineteenth-century industrialists who were called "captains of industry" ironically overlap with those called "robber barons." These include people like J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and John D. Rockefeller. John Pierpont Morgan (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913), American financier and banker, was born in Hartford, Connecticut, a son of Junius Spencer Morgan (1813–1890), who was a partner of George Peabody and the founder of the house of J. S. Morgan & Co. ... Andrew Carnegie (last name pronounced IPA: )[1] (November 25, 1835 – August 11, 1919) was a Scottish industrialist, businessman, a major philanthropist, and the founder of Pittsburghs Carnegie Steel Company which later became U.S. Steel. ... John Davison Rockefeller, Sr. ...

Today the name is used by a variety of companies and individuals, but with a completely different perspective and meaning than previously employed. A few of the more interesting examples are a viral advertising agency^[1] in the USA; a loosely connected group of writers, musicians, artists and poets^[2] in the UK; and the independent rock band^[3] from Dayton, OH. Viral marketing and viral advertising refer to marketing techniques that seek to exploit pre-existing social networks to produce exponential increases in brand awareness, through viral processes similar to the spread of an epidemic. ...

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References

1. ^ Captains of Industry viral advertsing agency
2. ^ Captains of Industry group of writers, musicians, artists and poets
3. ^ Captain of Industry rock band

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See also

• Business magnate (tycoon)
• Business oligarch
• Robber baron (industrialist)

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