https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/vh529hzmnlrm en-us 2017-10-05 15:50:27 UTC 2026-02-12 23:18:29 UTC hello@padlet.com 813583 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/vh529hzmnlrm/wish/194365464 He was born on June 25, 1837 in Philadelphia. He began his business career at the age of 17 as a clerk in a local grain brokerage. In 1859, age 22 he opened his own brokerage firm and joined the Philadelphia stock exchange. by 1865 he moved into banking and specialized in selling municipal, state and government bonds. When the national bond market collapsed after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Yerkes found himself unable to make due on his monthly payment to the City of Philadelphia's account with him, he had lost his fortune and was ruined. He was sent to jail by the city of Philadelphia . When he was out he went back into banking and remade his fortune. He died in New York on December 29, 1905 at the age of 68.]]> 2017-10-05 15:54:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/vh529hzmnlrm/wish/194365464 813583 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/vh529hzmnlrm/wish/194368316 Andrew was a industrialists and a philanthropist. He was born on November 13,1835 in Fife , Scotland. He grew up to be one of the wealthiest business men in America. In Pennsylvania, Andrew worked in a factory then the next year he found a job as telegraph messenger, hoping to advance his career he moved to a telegraph operator position in 1851. He took the job at the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1853. Andrew learned about the railroad industry and about business in general then three years later he was promoted to superintendent. He left the railroad in 1865 to focus on his other business interest then most of his time was spent with the steel industry. Later in 1901 he sold his business to the Unites States Steel Corporation,  the sale earned him more than $200 million. ]]> 2017-10-05 16:00:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/vh529hzmnlrm/wish/194368316 813583 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/vh529hzmnlrm/wish/194368669 Astor was born on July 13, 1864 in Rhine beck, New York. His family was the wealthiest in the United States. Astor's accomplishments was " A Journey in Other World's" a science fiction novel about life in the year 2000 on the planets Saturn and Jupiter. He also patented several inventions including a bicycle brake in 1898, helped to develop the turbine engine and invent a pneumatic road improve. In 1897 he built the Astoria hotel ]]> 2017-10-05 16:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/vh529hzmnlrm/wish/194368669 813583 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/vh529hzmnlrm/wish/194369298 William was born on January 8, 1839 near Connellsville, Pennsylvania. He was educated in private academies in Pennsylvania and Iowa. In 1862 he traveled West to become a miner. After working in the quartz mines in Colorado, in 1862 he made his way to new gold fields to find his fortune in the Montana gold rush. He settled in the capital of Montana territory and began placer mining then William invested his earnings in becoming a trader. He soon traded careers again to become a banker in Deer Lodge, Montana. He repossessed mining properties when owners defaulted on their loans, placing him the mining industry. He made a fortune with copper mining , small smelters, electric power companies, newspaper railroads. He died March 2, 1925]]> 2017-10-05 16:02:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/vh529hzmnlrm/wish/194369298 813583 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/vh529hzmnlrm/wish/194369764 Rockefeller is the founder of the Standard oil company. He was born in Rich ford, New York on July 8, 1839. John enormous wealth and success made him a a target of muckraking journalists, reform politicians and others viewed him as a symbol of corporate greed and criticized the methods with which he'd built with his empire. Inspired in part by Andrew Carnegie, who made a vast fortune in the steel industry then became a philanthropist and gave the bulk of his money , Rockefeller donated more than  half a billion dollars to various educational, religious and Scientific causes. Among his activities, he funded the establishment of the University of Chicago and the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. He died May 23, 1937. ]]> 2017-10-05 16:02:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/vh529hzmnlrm/wish/194369764