https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/lm0kkrftwkbq Made with a little mischief en-us 2017-10-05 17:39:21 UTC 2024-03-20 05:48:44 UTC hello@padlet.com 814641 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/lm0kkrftwkbq/wish/194430224 Born as Johann Jakob Astor on July 17, 1763. Astor was a German-American businessman, merchant, and a real estate investor who mainly made his fortune in fur trade and by investing in real estate in or around  New York City. Born in Germany, Astor emigrated to England as a teenager and worked as a musical instrument manufacturer. He set off for the United States after the American Revolutionary War. He entered the fur trade and built a monopoly, managing a business empire that extended to the Great Lakes region and Canada, and later expanded into the American west and Pacific coast. Seeing the decline of demand, he got out of the fur trade in 1830, diversifying by investing in New York City real estate and later becoming a patron for the arts.
He was the first Prominent member of the Astor family and the first multi-millionaire in the United States. ]]> 2017-10-05 17:51:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/lm0kkrftwkbq/wish/194430224 814641 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/lm0kkrftwkbq/wish/194448523 2017-10-05 18:23:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/lm0kkrftwkbq/wish/194448523 814641 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/lm0kkrftwkbq/wish/194450669 Born in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland on November 25, 1835. Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist who led the expansion of the American Steel Industry in the late 19th century and is often identified as one of the richest people (and richest Americans) ever. He soon became a leading philanthropist in the United States, and in the British Empire. During the last 18 years of his life, he gave away about $350 million to charities, foundations, and universities-almost 90 percent of his fortune. His 1899 article proclaiming "The Gospel of Wealth" called on the rich to use their wealth to improve society, and stimulated a wave of philanthropy. Carnegie devoted the rest of his life to large-scale philanthropy, with special emphasis on local libraries, world peace, education, and scientific research. with the fortune he made from business, he built Carnegie Hall and the Peace Palace and founded the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Carnegie Institution of Science, Carnegie Trust For Universities of Scotland, Carnegie Hero Fund, Carnegie Mellon University, ]]> 2017-10-05 18:26:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/lm0kkrftwkbq/wish/194450669