https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/u6bu4qv2gqdw en-us 2018-10-17 18:07:48 UTC 2024-03-20 05:48:59 UTC hello@padlet.com 3795761 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/u6bu4qv2gqdw/wish/294029367 Cornelius Vanderbilt was an American Industrialist. He was born in Staten Island, New York. He became a millionaire because of his invention named the Steamboat. The Steamboat was a ship that operated with an engine. Vanderbilt lived until the age of 83 and died in Manhattan, New York.
(Britannica) ]]> 2018-10-17 18:15:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/u6bu4qv2gqdw/wish/294029367 3795761 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/u6bu4qv2gqdw/wish/294030351 Leland Stanford was an American Politician and Industrialist. He was from Watervliet, New York. He practiced law before moving to Sacramento and becoming successful in the mining industry. He served as the governor of California from 1862 to 1863. He is the founder of Stanford University. He helped grow the railroads in California , becoming the president of the Union Pacific. He died in Palo Alto, California.
(Britannica)]]> 2018-10-17 18:17:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/u6bu4qv2gqdw/wish/294030351 3795761 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/u6bu4qv2gqdw/wish/294034140 Charles M Schwab was an American manufacturer from Williamsburg, Pennsylvania. He was an Entrepreneur of the early steel manufacturing. He created Bethlehem steel which became one of the nations largest steel companies. He lost most of his fortune during the Great Depression. He died of a heart defect in 1939 in New York.
(Britannica)]]> 2018-10-17 18:23:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/u6bu4qv2gqdw/wish/294034140 3795761 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/u6bu4qv2gqdw/wish/294038748 John D. Rockefeller was an American  industrialist from Richthofen, New York. He was the founder of the standard oil company. He was one the first american business trust. He made the founding of the University of Chicago possible. He became a philanthropist later on in his life. He died in 1937 in Florida.
(Britannica)]]> 2018-10-17 18:31:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/u6bu4qv2gqdw/wish/294038748 3795761 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/u6bu4qv2gqdw/wish/294171809 J.P Morgan was an American financier from Hartford, Connecticut. He started his career as an accountant. He organized began to organize railroads in 1855. He consolidated many companies of railroads as well as General electric. He died in Italy of 1913.
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