Using data from a New Zealand survey of top business leaders, we explore the relevance of interview data for illuminating the structures and processes of the capitalist class. We are able to show from this survey that family groups are still very important units of corporate power analysis; directors, not managers, tend to make the larger decisions; board members are more concerned with the development of policy than its implementation ; directors major concern in decision making is to major shareholders; and directors have frequent contact with major shareholders and other business interests.
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