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http://www.britannica.com/biography/Jay-Gould

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h866.html

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Gouldwas ruthless , friendless, and unethiocal until his death.

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Gould was a manager of the Rensselaer and Saratoga Railway in 1863. He bought and reorganized the Rutland and Washington Railway. In 1867 he became the director of the Erie Railroad.In 1874 he acquired the Union Pacific Railroad. Gould became the face of the American railroad industry and by 1881 he owned 15 % of all American railroads. In 1890 he acquired the Missouri Pacific Railroad, that constituted 50% of all Southwest railroad trackage. He then set his sights on telegraph companies, specifically the Western Union Telegraphy Company. By 1886 he owned the Manhattan Elevated Railroad that help monopoly over the railroads of New York City. By the time Gould died his assests were valued 77 million dollars.

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Born Jayson Gould was born in Roxbury, New York, on May 27. Disliked farming and taught himself surveying and math so that he could create a business. Gould started surveying at sixteen and by twenty one was an investor of a tanning leather company. He died May 2nd 1892.

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Was a stockbroker on Wall Street and mainpulated the price of stocks. Illegally sold 100,000 shares of Erie Railroad.Became the archetypal robber baron.