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Men Who Built America

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ANDREW CARNEGIE

NET WORTH: 475 MILLION

US STEEL

STEEL

THOMAS EDISON

NET WORTH: 12 MILLION

GENERAL ELECTRIC

DC CURRENTS

HENRY FORD

NET WORTH: 750 MILLION

FORD MOTOR COMPANY

FORD AUTOMOBILES

J. P. MORGAN

NET WORTH: 880 MILLION

LEADER OF THE LARGEST CORPORATION

TRUSTS

JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

NET WORTH: 1 BILLION

STANDARD OIL

OIL COMPANY

NIKOLA TESLA

NET WORTH: NOT VERY MUCH...(NOT ENOUGH)

AC CURRENT

DID NOT PATENT HIS PRODUCT/DISCOVERY. FELT IT WAS FOR THE PEOPLE

CORNELIUS VANDERBILT

NET WORTH: 105 MILLION

RAILROADS

INITIALLY GAINED WEALTH THROUGH STEAMBOATS