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The Men Who Built America

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THE MEN WHO BUILT AMERICA

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ANDREW CARNEGIE

Carnegie Steel Corporation
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Carnegie Steel Corporation

A STEEL INDUSTRY... NET WORTH= $310 BILLION (TODAY)

CORNELIUS VANDERBILT

NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROADS
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RAILROAD INDUSTRY

NET WORTH $148 BILLION ( AS OF 2007 )

JOHN D ROCKEFELLER

STANDARD OIL COMPANY, INC.
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OIL INDUSTRY

NET WORTH $392 BILLION (TODAY)

GEORGE EASTMAN

EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY

PHOTO INDUSTRY

NETWORTH= $95 MILLION (1932)

JP MORGAN

JP MORGAN CHASE & CO.

FINANCIER

NET WORTH = 41.5 BILLION (2014)

THOMAS EDISON

EDISON & CO.

INVENTOR

NET WORTH = $12 MILLION (AT TIME OF DEATH)

NIKOLA TESLA

TESLA ELECTRIC COMPANY

INVENTOR

HAD A NET WORTH OF $1,000

HENRY FORD

FORD MOTO COMPANY

INDUSTRIALIST

NET WORTH = $199 BILLION AS OF TODAY