https://padlet.com/bernaldafne1/u8dcidllb3kc Made with an aura of mystery en-us 2016-10-07 17:17:42 UTC 2026-03-07 00:42:36 UTC hello@padlet.com bernaldafne1 https://padlet.com/bernaldafne1/u8dcidllb3kc/wish/129196455 John was an Astor in Southwest Germany. Astor immigrated to America and at the end of the Revolutionary War. He established a fur company in New York City.All of the Big time money came when he shifted his investments to New York real estate. John Jacob Astor bought up as many acres as he could in Manhattan and the outer boroughs. His adjusted net worth of $110.1 billion makes him the fourth-richest person in American history.

]]> 2016-10-07 17:18:02 UTC https://padlet.com/bernaldafne1/u8dcidllb3kc/wish/129196455 bernaldafne1 https://padlet.com/bernaldafne1/u8dcidllb3kc/wish/129200169 Jay Cooke is known as the man who financed the Civil War and his bank Cooke and co sold millions of dollars in Union government bonds from its headquarters in Philadelphia. He then lost everything in the collapse of the Northern Pacific. Another of the things that he did was that he helped trigger the panic of 1873.

]]> 2016-10-07 17:29:08 UTC https://padlet.com/bernaldafne1/u8dcidllb3kc/wish/129200169 bernaldafne1 https://padlet.com/bernaldafne1/u8dcidllb3kc/wish/129200834 Another belligerent in the Erie War against Cornelius Vanderbilt Fisk worked as a stock broker in New York. He attempted to buy goodwill at the end of his life. He was going to do this by providing aid to the victims of The Great Chicago of 1871.He also maintained an open alliance with Boss Tweed's organization. After that became one of the most aggressive traders on Wall Street.

]]> 2016-10-07 17:31:33 UTC https://padlet.com/bernaldafne1/u8dcidllb3kc/wish/129200834 bernaldafne1 https://padlet.com/bernaldafne1/u8dcidllb3kc/wish/129201454 After dabbling in the California Gold Rush hardware and iron "uncle Mark" Hopkins founded the Central Pacific Railroad. And also in 1861 as part of the Big Four. Big Four was a group of magnates that also included robber barons,. These robber barons have now became the treasurer of the company.The Central Pacific Railroad built the western portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad.

]]> 2016-10-07 17:33:37 UTC https://padlet.com/bernaldafne1/u8dcidllb3kc/wish/129201454 bernaldafne1 https://padlet.com/bernaldafne1/u8dcidllb3kc/wish/129202762 In 1892 Morgan arranged the creation of General Electric. They were able to do this through the merger of Edison General Election and Thomson Houston Electric Company. Andrew Carnegie for $487 million and consolidating it with several other steel and iron companies. U.S steel became the first billion dollar company in the world. He was the the first billion dollar companywith $1.4 billion in authorized capital.

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