Who was Ebenezer Scrooge's kind-hearted first boss in the novel, A Christmas Carol?

Mr. Fezziwig is a character from the novel, A Christmas Carol created by Charles Dickens. This character is used to provide contrast with Ebenezer Scrooge's attitudes towards business ethics. Scrooge, who apprenticed under Fezziwig, is the very antithesis of the person he worked for as a young man.

In A Christman Carol, Mr. Fezziwig is portrayed as a jovial, foppish man with a large Welsh wig. Within Act I, Scene 5, the Ghost of Christmas Past takes Scrooge to revisit his youthful days in Fezziwig's world, located on the cusp of the Industrial Revolution. Dickens used Fezziwig to represent a set of communal values and a way of life which was quickly being swept away in the economic turmoil of the early nineteenth century.

In the end, Mr. Scrooge is reminded how his own values have diverged greatly from those of someone he once truly admired. Fezziwig is also a capitalist, but he is able moderate profit maximization with kindness, generosity, and affection for his employees. Can Scrooge learn to do what Fezziwig has done? Time must hold the answer.