https://padlet.com/8386407/17hha4bwdgu5 Made with charisma en-us 2018-01-16 20:12:19 UTC 2018-01-16 22:48:31 UTC hello@padlet.com 8386407 https://padlet.com/8386407/17hha4bwdgu5/wish/221873837 Cornelius Vanderbilt was a self-made multi-millionaire who made his fortune through the building of railroad and shipping. Vanderbilt had a fascination with the shipment and transportation of things early on in his life which contributed to his status as the wealthiest man of the 19th century. ]]> 2018-01-16 20:13:46 UTC https://padlet.com/8386407/17hha4bwdgu5/wish/221873837 8386407 https://padlet.com/8386407/17hha4bwdgu5/wish/221875863 Vanderbilt made a shift in occupation in the 1860's from shipment to the railroad industry that was, at the time, in a period of great expansion. Vanderbilt established an interregional railroad system after gaining control of railway lines between Chicago and New York, and changing the railroad network from fragmented numerous short railroads into its own timetables and follows its own procedures.]]> 2018-01-16 20:19:34 UTC https://padlet.com/8386407/17hha4bwdgu5/wish/221875863 8386407 https://padlet.com/8386407/17hha4bwdgu5/wish/221878006 He became wealthy due to his "sharp business acumen" allowing him to build popular shipping lines and established the interregional railroad system. The implementation of his business model several times, associated with the People's Line, is what made Vanderbilt a millionare.]]> 2018-01-16 20:26:00 UTC https://padlet.com/8386407/17hha4bwdgu5/wish/221878006 8386407 https://padlet.com/8386407/17hha4bwdgu5/wish/221878776 Vanderbilt did not initially have any plans to give any of his fortune to charity until he was introduced to Reverend Holland Nimmons McTyeire, who asked him to help fund a Methodist University in Tennessee. He then donated 1 million dollars to Vanderbilt University.]]> 2018-01-16 20:28:10 UTC https://padlet.com/8386407/17hha4bwdgu5/wish/221878776 8386407 https://padlet.com/8386407/17hha4bwdgu5/wish/221878870 - When Vanderbilt was just 11 years old he quit school to work with his father on ferrying cargo
- At 16 Vanderbilt ran a two mast sailing vessel earning more than $1,000 his first year
- He married his first cousin
- He and his wife had 13 children together and 11 of them lived to be adults
- He was a terrible husband and father

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