https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/3crd2v9lfdod Made with a little mischief en-us 2017-10-05 17:50:57 UTC 2024-12-04 19:01:14 UTC hello@padlet.com 813232 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/3crd2v9lfdod/wish/194431268 He was born on August 18th, 1834.  He died in 1906 and his fortune was worth 150 million. His first year in Chicago, Marshall Field earned just $400, which was an average yearly salary for the time. He slept in the Cooley store where he worked to save money. After he joined forces with Palmer and Leiter to form his own company, Field was worth was more than $250,000.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/social-sciences-and-law/business-leaders/marshall-field]]> 2017-10-05 17:53:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/3crd2v9lfdod/wish/194431268 813232 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/3crd2v9lfdod/wish/194435813 He was born on May 27, 1836 in New York. He was known as one of the shrewdest business men. He made his fortune controlling the price of stocks he bought and over all controlling the stocks he invested in. He died in December of 1892.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/social-sciences-and-law/business-leaders/jay-gould]]> 2017-10-05 18:01:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/3crd2v9lfdod/wish/194435813 813232 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/3crd2v9lfdod/wish/194439362 Osgood was born in New York, 1851. He made his fortune by gaining control of the White Breast Mining Company, which supplied coal to the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. He was called the "undisputed fuel king of the west." He died January, 1926 in Redstone.
https://www.mininghalloffame.org/inductee/osgood]]> 2017-10-05 18:07:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/3crd2v9lfdod/wish/194439362 813232 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/3crd2v9lfdod/wish/194444098 Schwab was born February 18th 1862 in Pennsylvania. He headed as the president of Bethlehem Steel, which became the second largest steel maker company in the world and also was one of the biggest heavy manufacturers in the world. The Great Depression crashed the stock market and his holdings in Bethlehem Company’s stock became worthless and he was over US$ 300,000 in debt. He died in October, 1939 in England.
https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/charles-m-schwab-137.php]]> 2017-10-05 18:15:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/3crd2v9lfdod/wish/194444098 813232 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/3crd2v9lfdod/wish/194449187 Stanford was born on March 9th, 1824 in New York. He was one of the builders of the first U.S. transcontinental railroad. He made his fortune by investing in the central pacific railroad. He died June of 1893, in California.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leland-Stanford]]> 2017-10-05 18:24:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/3crd2v9lfdod/wish/194449187