https://padlet.com/sportaholic947/h8fk297n1g0o You tell me. en-us 2017-01-19 18:49:17 UTC 2017-01-19 19:29:12 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Alarmclock.png sportaholic947 https://padlet.com/sportaholic947/h8fk297n1g0o/wish/148199464 Born: May 27, 1836
Died: December 2, 1892
An American Financier]]> 2017-01-19 18:56:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sportaholic947/h8fk297n1g0o/wish/148199464 sportaholic947 https://padlet.com/sportaholic947/h8fk297n1g0o/wish/148200975 Jay Gould worked for his own money and did it by controlling railroads. He did not do it the right way, he bribed state legislatures to legalize stock sales and manipulated his own company's for his profit. He worked until he died and cheated his way to a lot of money, he died with a fortune of $77 million.]]> 2017-01-19 19:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sportaholic947/h8fk297n1g0o/wish/148200975 sportaholic947 https://padlet.com/sportaholic947/h8fk297n1g0o/wish/148202521 He first managed the Rensselaer and Saratoga Railway. He reorganized the Rutland and Washington Railway. He became the director of the Erie Railway in 1867 and partnered up with some associates. He kept control until Black Friday when the price in paper money dropped after Gould and his associates tried to corner the market.]]> 2017-01-19 19:04:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sportaholic947/h8fk297n1g0o/wish/148202521 sportaholic947 https://padlet.com/sportaholic947/h8fk297n1g0o/wish/148204871 After Black Friday Gould had a $25 million fortune. He started getting in with railroads out west like the Union Pacific Railroad. He made large profits on his railways by manipulating his company's stocks. At his peak in 1881 he had the largest railroad empire in the nation, with 15% of the nations railroads.]]> 2017-01-19 19:10:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sportaholic947/h8fk297n1g0o/wish/148204871 sportaholic947 https://padlet.com/sportaholic947/h8fk297n1g0o/wish/148207436 In 1881 he gained control of this company and weakened the company by his own smaller telegram companies.]]> 2017-01-19 19:16:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sportaholic947/h8fk297n1g0o/wish/148207436 sportaholic947 https://padlet.com/sportaholic947/h8fk297n1g0o/wish/148210110 The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. "Jay Gould." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 02 July 2007. Web. 19 Jan. 2017. ]]> 2017-01-19 19:24:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sportaholic947/h8fk297n1g0o/wish/148210110 sportaholic947 https://padlet.com/sportaholic947/h8fk297n1g0o/wish/148211351 2017-01-19 19:27:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sportaholic947/h8fk297n1g0o/wish/148211351 sportaholic947 https://padlet.com/sportaholic947/h8fk297n1g0o/wish/148211644 2017-01-19 19:28:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sportaholic947/h8fk297n1g0o/wish/148211644