https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/528sb8kq5ndv Made with a wish on a star en-us 2016-10-03 18:08:33 UTC 2024-03-20 05:48:46 UTC hello@padlet.com 507227 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/528sb8kq5ndv/wish/127973739 Henry Ford was born on July 30, 1863 in Michigan. Ford was always fascinated with how stuff worked and at the age of 13 he would fix watches for family members and friends. At age 16 Ford left home to be an apprentice as a machinist in Detroit where he learned how to operate and service steam engines. Henry came up with an idea for a horseless carriage and in 1896 he created his first model. To keep up with the demand for his automobiles, Ford created the assembly line which let him manufacture cars at a fast rate and sold millions of cars. Ford made his employees happy by letting them own stock in the company if they stayed for longer than 6 months and by paying them more than an average person would pay them during that time. Ford is remembered for his cars and being a business leader. ]]> 2016-10-03 18:12:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/528sb8kq5ndv/wish/127973739 507227 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/528sb8kq5ndv/wish/127973840 John Rockefeller was born on July 8, 1839 in New York. Rockefeller got his first job at the age of 16 working at Hewitt and Tuttle. By the age of 20 after fully knowing the ropes about business, he ventured out with a partner and created his first ever business. Rockefeller took a risk and established an oil refinery. Within 2 years it became the largest in the area. And he decided to turn his attention full time into the business. He began to buy out his competitors and later on became the main controller of oil refineries. Later on, he began to make deals with railroad companies to ship his oil around. His company owned almost every oil company and quickly became a monopoly.]]> 2016-10-03 18:12:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/528sb8kq5ndv/wish/127973840 507227 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/528sb8kq5ndv/wish/127973971 Cornelius Vanderbilt was born on May 27, 1794 in New York. At age 11 Cornelius quit school so he can go work with his father ferrying people and cargo thru manhattan. At age 18 he had a contract with the U.S government to supply outposts during the war of 1812. Cornelius saw the potential in the steamship business and partnered with someone to start his own steamship business.  After his partner died Cornelius forced his partners son to sell him his part. Soon Vanderbilt became known for being a business man and in 1830 he built profitable shipping lines. His business was the most used and competitors were paying him to take his business elsewhere. He finally took it to the Hudson river. He went head to head with another monopoly until they bought him out with the money that they payed him with he soon became a millionaire.]]> 2016-10-03 18:13:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/528sb8kq5ndv/wish/127973971 507227 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/528sb8kq5ndv/wish/127974359 Andrew Carnegie born on November 25, 1835 in Scotland. After moving to the United States in 1848 at the age of 13 he started working at a factory. Later on he found a different job as a telegraph messenger in 1851. He then found another job working on railroads in 1853.  He worked his way up and by the end of 1889 he owned the Carnegie steel company. Carnegie made wise investments thru his career mostly in oil. To make production cheaper Carnegie owned every thing that he needed. Carnegie owned the raw materials, ships and railroads, and coal fields. Carnegie's business helped build most of the buildings we know today with his steel. In 1901 he sold his business to the United States steel corporation. With selling his business Carnegie earned around $200 million and became one of the richest men of america. Carnegie dedicated the rest of his days to helping other and donated $5 million to the New York Public Library; around 3,000 libraries were opened from this donation.]]> 2016-10-03 18:14:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/528sb8kq5ndv/wish/127974359 507227 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/528sb8kq5ndv/wish/127974577 J.P Morgan was born on April 17, 1837 in Connecticut. Morgan the son of a banker followed his father's footsteps and became one of the most famous financiers in history. After learning how the business worked he went off to start his own company in 1871 which became known as J.p. Morgan co. Morgan was so famous that he helped out America during the depression and the 1907 financial crisis. Morgan would buy out any company that he would see as a threat and eventually had a monopoly. In 1901 he expanded into the steel company by buying out the Carnegie steel company. His company quickly became the world's largest steel manufacturer. Morgan is known as one of the most successful businessmen in U.S History.]]> 2016-10-03 18:15:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/528sb8kq5ndv/wish/127974577