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Andrew Carnegie (English: / k ɑːr ˈ n ɛ ɡ i / kar-NEG-ee, Scots: [kɑrˈnɛːɡi]; [2] [3] [note 1] November 25, 1835 – August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late-19th century and became one of the richest Americans in history. [5]
The third-richest person in terms of wealth compared to contemporary GDP is a subject of dispute. While most sources attribute this status to Andrew Carnegie, others argue that it could be Bill Gates, Cornelius Vanderbilt I, John Jacob Astor IV, or Henry Ford. Determining the lower ranks is an even more contentious debate.
For purposes of 24/7 Wall St.'s valuation, a president's peak net worth may occur after that president has left office. [8] To allow for a direct comparison, most of the figures have been adjusted for inflation to 2022 U.S. dollars except for the Donald Trump figure.
A little over a century ago, in 1916, legendary robber baron John D. Rockefeller became the world's first billionaire -- probably. Before the age of computerized records and the internet, measuring...
The president of the United States is arguably the most powerful job in the world. It also has helped many former presidents earn a fortune after leaving office. The job itself comes with a ...
The political populism of Carnegie’s Gilded Age has surged back to relevance with President Trump’s MAGA movement — but this time, Republicans want to ensure it aids the ultra-rich instead ...
Rockefeller, Carnegie and Morgan team up to help elect William McKinley to the U.S. presidency by paying for his 1896 campaign, to avoid a possible attack on monopolies. However, fate intervenes when McKinley is suddenly assassinated , and Vice President Theodore Roosevelt assumes the presidency and promptly begins dissolving monopolies and ...
It is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets by Forbes and by data from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The Forbes 400 Richest Americans list has been published annually since 1982. The combined net worth of the 2020 class of the 400 richest Americans was $3.2 trillion, up from $2.7 trillion in 2017. [1]