a person who possesses great power, controls the fates of other people
maker (master) of destinies.
...К тому времени, когда прогремела «Школа мужей», министра Фуке уже называли вершителем судеб. Вершитель судеб решил устроить у себя в поместье Во празднества для короля (Булгаков 5). By the time that The School for Husbands was winning its resounding success, Fouquet was already known as the maker of destinies And the maker of destinies decided to arrange an entertainn 'nt for the King at his Vaux estate (5a).