he made to medical research. John Rockefeller was a good business man who gave back…
By far the most profitable businessman during his age, Andrew Carnegie left his mark on industry, and profoundly impacted the expansion of business enterprise in America. Essentially, Carnegie rose from poverty to become one of the most influential, industrial tycoon’s in history by single-handedly building the American steel industry. During his time, Carnegie was known as being a prolific writer, but is most remembered for the entrepreneurial, and philanthropic career he created himself. By initiating numerous opportunities, consistently working hard, and being a fast learner, Carnegie was able to successfully build an empire of wealth not only for himself, but to greatly benefit America’s leading business industry we recognize today.…
J.P. Morgan was born into a wealthy family and inherited it, while Vanderbilt went from rags to riches, which definitely makes him a captain of industry. Because of this, it makes sense of how they manage their money as they got older. J.P. Morgan was not driven by a tremendous desire for money but for setting finances right and doing things the right way. Although he did .P. Morgan buy and collect art that was equal in value to about two-thirds of his estate or 900 million dollars today. This makes sense because he was born into a wealthy family so he can be generous with his money because it’s always been there for him. Vanderbilt was more greedy with his money. He never spent his money on improving working conditions, even though they were extremely dangerous.The only thing he spent his money on was $50,000 to the Church of the Strangers and $1 million to Central University, which then became Vanderbilt University and improving the railroads for customers. Other than that, he kept all his money to himself. The reason for that is because he had to work to get to where he was and he didn’t want to lose it all so sometimes he had to play dirty with his money by making cuts and only giving his money to his sons instead of his daughters. He left the bulk of his fortune, estimated at more than $100 million, to his son William…
“Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see farther” was J.P. Morgan’s motto. That shows exactly how much Morgan dedicated his work and how much he devoted his life to it. J.P. Morgan was known as a respectable American financier and banker who dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation in the late 19th and early 20th century. J.P. Morgan impacted the citizens of the United States because he helped finance railroads, helped organized U.S. steel, General Electric and other major corporations, and most importantly, help stabilize American financial markets during several economic crisis.…
of the time were John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and J.P. Morgan. The definition of a…
Throughout the 1800’s in the United States, the steel business was revolutionized by an American business icon, Andrew Carnegie. After growing up in a poor family, he used his self-taught knowledge to build wealth using investments to build a foundation of wealth. After coming from a humble background, Carnegie established himself as one of the wealthiest businessmen of his time period, and one of the most generous philanthropists of history.…
Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller, were both at one point in there life’s the richest men in the world. However they both had very different trails getting to their fortunes. Rockefeller was more or less handed money being part of the prestige aristocracy, however he was a very shred and organized man. He stressed the idea of planning ahead and never procrastinating, in most cases he was a penny-pinching millionaire. Even as a child he was always very organized and always planned ahead. This helped contribute to his success in his life with is Oil Company. Andrew Carnegie was not as fortunate as Rockefeller; he was an Irish Immigrant and at one point in his life was making a $1.70 a week. He was the epitome of the American dream; he rose…
Andrew Carnegie was a hero because of his philanthropy. Many people have two sides to themselves. Andrew Carnegie was one of them. He gave away to charity like it was an everyday thing, also cutting the wages of his workers. (Doc. 10) He had so much money that he didn’t need to cut his workers’ wages. Carnegie funded the building of 2,811 free public libraries, spending a total of 50,365,000 dollars. (Doc. 9)…
In the early 1900s, businesses were thriving and the competition to be the wealthiest was through the roof. Andrew Carnegie and John Rockefeller were two of the most important men in America. Carnegie was the leader of the Steel industry and Rockefeller was the leader of the oil. These two men despised the idea of the other. Carnegie always wanted to be the wealthiest and was always thinking of new ways to be wealthier than Rockefeller. Carnegie came to a point in his career where he would have to come to a decision on what type of business he would run. It depended on if he could become the dirty type of business man. Carnegie decided to hire a man named Henry Frick, and together, these men would make profits and reach goals Carnegie thought unimaginable. Through fierce competition, these three men shaped the future of American business.…
He created a stronger type of steel that was not only the most effective, but the most efficient as well. Andrew Carnegie also had a strategy of his own. He believed that the only way to become a great businessman was to control monopolies and control the step of the process in materials. Carnegie definitely had a different side to him. He was a cruel businessman to his workers and a very kind philanthropist. He would poorly pay his workers, as well as leave them poorly housed. Carnegie was really never close to his workers and the wages that they had were very low compared to other steel industries. Nevertheless, he believed that "the man who dies rich, dies disgraced and a rich man should use his money for the benefit of others" (Youngs 33.) In Carnegies older years, he devoted himself entirely to his philanthropist's beliefs' after he sold his business. Carnegie built libraries around the world, but focused especially on the United States. He opened up galleries, museums, music halls, and technical schools. He also encouraged research and higher learning to others. Carnegie also established a donation to permanently seek an end to war. His donations totaled about 350 million…
He was a ‘hero’ in the sense that he gave away most of his money to establish many libraries, schools, and universities in America, the UK and other countries, as well as establish a pension fund for former employees.Carnegie felt that money is like manure, i.e., it does no good unless you spread it around. Aside from his well-known steel business that he sold to J.P. Morgan who formed US Steel, the philanthropic qualities of the man are most remembered. As Andrew Carnegie himself said on the subject of wealth: “Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.”,“There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.”“I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.”…
Among his philanthropic activities, he funded the establishment of more than 2,500 public libraries around the globe, donated more than 7,600 organs to churches worldwide and endowed organizations (many still in existence today) dedicated to research in science, education, world peace and other causes. Among his gifts was the $1.1 million required for the land and construction costs of Carnegie Hall, the legendary New York City concert venue that opened in 1891.”…
Capt. Alfred Dreyfus was a fairly restrained young man, graduating from one of France’s most notable military academies, The Ecole Polytechnique. He was devoted to serving his country, and more importantly, to his wife and child.…
Andrew Carnegie was a man with a strong outlook on how the wealthy should utilize their abundant amounts of cash. Although there were many other ways to dispose of the surplus of cash from the wealthy he favored mainly one. He believed that if the wealthy people in America would spend money through out their life on not only themselves but to also help the communities and charities, that they would become more respected through their life and also help America’s economy stay strong There were also a few different ways that people choose to pass on their money, one of which the wealthy would leave the surplus of money, once they deceased, to a loved one through a will. Carnegie’s outlook on this was not agreeable mainly because he believed that the person that would inherit the money would utilize it in the wrong ways and would not be grateful for what their loved one that left it to them did to gain it in the first place. Another way the wealthy would pass on their money would be to leave it to a charity after the passed away. Once again Carnegie did not agree to this method as well. He believed that it was a better way to pass on the surplus of cash, but not the best. He believed that the person that donated the money after they passed should have been donating the money all through out their life, and by not doing so makes it seem like he wanted to be buried with it. Carnegie believed his method of utilizing the wealth through out life was the better path, because not only would the rich man be helping the community through out their lives but also once they pass away. The rich man would also become very respected and popular while utilizing Carnegie’s method, and in the end very famous usually leading to some sort of…
One of the reasons Andrew Carnegie is a captain of industry is because he is the one that gave many people jobs when they needed it . Another reason Andrew Carnegie was a captain of industry is because he donated to charity $5 million. Carnegie had built plants around the country using technology and different types of methods that made manufacturing steel much easier for himself and his workers to work with.…