https://padlet.com/372721/ev6sdfa087nx en-us 2017-10-06 17:38:58 UTC 2025-12-25 12:24:16 UTC hello@padlet.com 372721 https://padlet.com/372721/ev6sdfa087nx/wish/194880226 John Jacob Astor was born on July 13 of 1863. He was born in Rhinebeck, New York. Astor is the son of William Astor and the great-grandson of John Jacob Astor, who was a fur trader. He used to travel, but later he returned to the U.S. to manage the family fortune. He died on April 15 of 1912 in the Atlantic Ocean after the sinking of the boat, Titanic, where he drowned.]]> 2017-10-07 06:14:44 UTC https://padlet.com/372721/ev6sdfa087nx/wish/194880226 372721 https://padlet.com/372721/ev6sdfa087nx/wish/194880252 Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25 of 1835. He was born in Dunfermline, Scotland. After he had moved to the U.S., he worked at a series of railroad jobs. By the year of 1889. he had owned Carnegie Steel Corporation, which was the largest of its kind in the world. He sold his business in the year 1901 and dedicated all his time to expanding his philanthropic work, and this also included the establishment of Carnegie-Mellon University in 1904. He died on August 11 of 1919 in Lenox, MA. He is now identified as the most richest person ever.]]> 2017-10-07 06:15:18 UTC https://padlet.com/372721/ev6sdfa087nx/wish/194880252 372721 https://padlet.com/372721/ev6sdfa087nx/wish/194880255 Born on September 16 of 1822, Charles Crocker was an American businessman and banker. He was born in Troy, N.Y. Crocker was also a chief contractor in the buuilding of the Central Pacific Railroad. This later became the Southern Pacific Railroad. He died on August 14 of 1888 in Monterey, California.]]> 2017-10-07 06:15:28 UTC https://padlet.com/372721/ev6sdfa087nx/wish/194880255 372721 https://padlet.com/372721/ev6sdfa087nx/wish/194880265 James Fisk was born on April 1 of 1834. He was born in Bennington, VT. Fisk was known as the "Barnum of Wall Street". He was a flamboyant American Financier also. He later had joined Jay Gould in securities manipulations and railroad raiding. He died on January 7 of 1872. He did in New York, NY.

]]> 2017-10-07 06:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/372721/ev6sdfa087nx/wish/194880265 372721 https://padlet.com/372721/ev6sdfa087nx/wish/194880269 John Warne Gates was born on May 8 of 1855. He was born in Junction, ILL. Gates was an American Financier. He was also a steel magnate. He leveraged an $8,000 investment in a barbed-wire plant into the $90,000,000 American Steel & Wire Co. He died on August 9 of 1911. He died in Paris, France.]]> 2017-10-07 06:15:51 UTC https://padlet.com/372721/ev6sdfa087nx/wish/194880269