Industrial Revolution
Published on Jan 02, 2016
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HE EXPANDED WIDELY ON THE AMERICAN STEEL INDUSTRY
HE WAS WORTH $475 MILLION IN THE LATER YEARS OF HIS LIFE.
CORNELIUS VANDERBILT 1794-1877
OWNED THE HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD AND NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD
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HIS INDUSTRY WAS IN RAILROADS AND SHIPPING.
HE WAS WORTH $105 MILLION AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH
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JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER 1839-1937
HE OWNED STANDARD OIL COMPANY
JOHN WAS IN THE OIL INDUSTRY
HE WAS WORTH $336 BILLION IN 2007
GEORGE EASTMAN 1854-1932
HE OWNED THE EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
GEORGE WAS IN THE PHOTOGRAPHY INDUSTRY AND MADE ROLL FILM POPULAR
HE WAS WORTH $95 MILLION AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH
J.P. MORGAN 1837-1913
HE OWNED J.P. MORGAN & COMPANY
THOMAS EDISON 1847-1931
HE OWNED THE CONTINENTAL EDISON CO. AND EDISON MACHINE WORKS
THOMAS WAS AN AMERICAN INVENTOR
- He invented the first electric light
- Carbon telephone transmitter
- And many more items
- He was worth $12 million at the time of his death
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NIKOLA TESLA 1856-1943
HE OWNED TESLA ELECTRIC COMPANY
Nikola was an inventor developing the AC induction motor, X-Ray, and more. He would've had a net worth of $1 billion but ripped up the contract and dyed with nothing in his name.
HENRY FORD 1863-1947
HE OWNED THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY
HE MADE THE 1ST CAR THAT MIDDLE CLASS AMERICANS COULD AF[FORD]
HIS NET WORTH IN 2008 WAS $188.1 BILLION
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Photo by Will Montague
