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Forty Years of Carnegie Giving: A Summary of the Benefactions of Andrew Carnegie and of the Work of the Philanthropic Trusts Which He Created. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Livesay, Harold C. (1999). Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business, 2nd ed. ISBN 0321432878. Short biography by a scholar. Lorenzen, Michael. (1999).
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.
Carnegie alone estimated that 40% was returned on the investment, i.e., a profit of $40,000 from a $100,000 investment in the mill. [3] The profits made by the Edgar Thomson Steel Works were substantial enough to let Carnegie and his partners, including Henry Clay Frick, his cousin George Lauder, and Henry Phipps Jr., buy
Yass co-founded Susquehanna International Group, which Forbes calls one of the largest trading firms on Wall Street. Forbes list ranking: 155. Net worth: $12 billion. Age: 64. Residence: Haverford. 2.
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...
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Carnegie (/ k ɑːr ˈ n eɪ ɡ i / [3]) is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,134 in the 2020 census . [ 4 ] It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area .
Carnegie's funds covered only the library buildings themselves, and Carnegie gave library buildings to cities on the condition that the cities stocked and maintained them. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] As a result, small communities often struggled with maintenance costs associated with Carnegie libraries; towns were often happy to accept funding for new ...