https://padlet.com/ripperma/8fdxcw27nlwx en-us 2017-01-12 02:22:33 UTC 2026-03-15 20:35:50 UTC hello@padlet.com ripperma https://padlet.com/ripperma/8fdxcw27nlwx/wish/146686766 Obtained his wealth from shrewd competition through the shipping industry when he owned several steamboat lines. He also owned a lot of powerful railroad lines, for a total self worth of over $10 million dollars.]]> 2017-01-12 02:28:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ripperma/8fdxcw27nlwx/wish/146686766 ripperma https://padlet.com/ripperma/8fdxcw27nlwx/wish/146686847 Cornelius Vanderbilt was born May 27, 1794, in Port  Richmond Staten Island, New York. He was in the American shipping and railroad industry and acquired a personal net worth of over $100 million with the money value of that time. Vanderbilt expanded his ferry operation after the war. However in 1818 he sold his boats and went to work for Thomas Gibbons as a steamboat captain. With this work experience he gained control of the traffic on the Hudson River. During his last years of life Vanderbilt ordered the construction of the Grand Central Depot. This project gave jobs to thousands that were unemployed due to the Panic of 1873. He died January 4th, 1877 in Manhattan New York City, NY.]]> 2017-01-12 02:30:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ripperma/8fdxcw27nlwx/wish/146686847 ripperma https://padlet.com/ripperma/8fdxcw27nlwx/wish/146687096 In the late 1820s he went into is own steamboat business. He built and operated the ships operating around the New York area. Having a "shrewd and aggressive" attitude he quickly dominated this industry. He started fare wares with his rivals, something his competitors would pay.]]> 2017-01-12 02:35:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ripperma/8fdxcw27nlwx/wish/146687096 ripperma https://padlet.com/ripperma/8fdxcw27nlwx/wish/146687265 In the 1860s, Vanderbilt switched his focus from shipping to the railroads. He gained control of many railroad lines connecting Chicago and Mew York and helped establish a interregional railroad. "This was a major transformation of the railroad network"]]> 2017-01-12 02:38:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ripperma/8fdxcw27nlwx/wish/146687265 ripperma https://padlet.com/ripperma/8fdxcw27nlwx/wish/146687363 Vanderbilt gave very little of his vast fortune away, he promised Vanderbilt University $1,000,000 and $50,000 to the Church of the Strangers in New York City.]]> 2017-01-12 02:40:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ripperma/8fdxcw27nlwx/wish/146687363 ripperma https://padlet.com/ripperma/8fdxcw27nlwx/wish/146687468 Cornelius Vanderbilt:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cornelius-Vanderbilt-1794-1877
Wealth;
http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/topic/excellence_in_philanthropy/the_commodore
Biography;
http://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/history-and-heritage/dutch_americans/cornelius-vanderbilt/]]> 2017-01-12 02:42:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ripperma/8fdxcw27nlwx/wish/146687468