https://padlet.com/kariblount29/dhtkpppcm4ru en-us 2017-01-24 04:12:47 UTC 2017-01-24 17:21:13 UTC hello@padlet.com kariblount29 https://padlet.com/kariblount29/dhtkpppcm4ru/wish/148914451 Gould was a railroad executive, financier and speculator, and considered one of the most unscrupulous businessmen in U.S. history. Accused of Land grabs, stock watering, and bribes. He once won control of a railroad company from Vanderbilt by issuing false stock, and then bribing New York regulators to approve the sale. As a result, he had few friends and was largely shunned by New York society, though he died a rich man. 

]]> 2017-01-24 04:14:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kariblount29/dhtkpppcm4ru/wish/148914451 kariblount29 https://padlet.com/kariblount29/dhtkpppcm4ru/wish/148915220 Jay Gould was on born May 27, 1836, in Roxbury, New York. In the 1860s, he became a stockbroker on Wall Street and manipulated the price of stocks. In 1868, he used illegal methods to issue 100,000 shares of new stock for the struggling Erie Railroads. In the 1880s, he was pushed out of the Union Pacific Railroads, but regained control in 1885. He died on December 2, 1892 in New York City.]]> 2017-01-24 04:25:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kariblount29/dhtkpppcm4ru/wish/148915220 kariblount29 https://padlet.com/kariblount29/dhtkpppcm4ru/wish/148916036 Jay Gould was a railroad builder, speculator and financier. He was the director of the Erie Railroad, possessed 15% of the nations railroads and manipulated stocks to get more money. He had a small telegraph company and  invested in stocks and bought more and more railroads. ]]> 2017-01-24 04:39:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kariblount29/dhtkpppcm4ru/wish/148916036 kariblount29 https://padlet.com/kariblount29/dhtkpppcm4ru/wish/149091611 Jay Gould donated to the Presbyterian Church, New York University, the University of the City of New York,Vanderbilt Union Navy and mount Vernon. Many did not know this due to his high privacy standards. ]]> 2017-01-24 17:16:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kariblount29/dhtkpppcm4ru/wish/149091611 kariblount29 https://padlet.com/kariblount29/dhtkpppcm4ru/wish/149092207 http://www.notablebiographies.com/Gi-He/Gould-Jay.html]]> 2017-01-24 17:18:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kariblount29/dhtkpppcm4ru/wish/149092207