https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/k6wdv0r28rpy en-us 2016-10-04 16:20:00 UTC 2024-03-20 05:48:48 UTC hello@padlet.com 362840 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/k6wdv0r28rpy/wish/128241616 Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25, 1835. Andrew Carnegie was on Dunfermline, United Kingdom. Andrew Carnegie found a new way to produce steel. After becoming wealthy Carnegie bought other companies and had no competition. By 1901 Andrew Carnegie sold his steel industry.

]]> 2016-10-04 16:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/k6wdv0r28rpy/wish/128241616 362840 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/k6wdv0r28rpy/wish/129012742 J.P Morgan was born on April 17, 1837, Hartford Connecticut. When Andrew Carnegie retired he sold his business to Morgan. In 1901 Morgan bought Carnegie's steel company. Morgan was one the most powerful bankers his era. Morgan was a philanthropist, he collected fine art, he donated many valuable works to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

]]> 2016-10-07 03:20:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/k6wdv0r28rpy/wish/129012742 362840 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/k6wdv0r28rpy/wish/129015598 John D. Rockefeller was born on July 8, 1839 in, Rich ford NY. Rockefeller was an American oil industry business magnate and philanthropist. Rockefeller founded Standard oil company inc, in 1870 as an Ohio partnership with his brother William along with Henry Flager. Rockefeller's wealth soared and he became the richest person in the country, controlling 90% of all oil in the United States at his peak. Rockefeller became the country’s first Billionaire with a fortune worth nearly 2 percent of the national economy.

]]> 2016-10-07 03:53:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/k6wdv0r28rpy/wish/129015598 362840 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/k6wdv0r28rpy/wish/129021744 Andrew Mellon was born on march 24, 1855. He was an American banker, businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Also United States Secretary of the Treasury from March 9, 1921 to February 12, 1932.  Mellon helped organize the Union Trust Company and Union Savings Bank of Pittsburgh. He also branched into industrial activities: oil, steel, shipbuilding, and construction.

]]> 2016-10-07 05:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/k6wdv0r28rpy/wish/129021744 362840 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/k6wdv0r28rpy/wish/129022612 Vanderbilt was born on May 27, 1794. He was also known as the Commodore Vanderbilt. He was an American business magnate and philanthropist who built his wealth in railroads and shipping.  He bought control of the Hudson river railroad in 1864, the New York Central Railroad in 1867. Also the Lake shore Michigan southern railway in 1869.

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