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John D. Rockefeller

J.P. Morgan

  • Head of the Standard Oil Company.
  • After the Standard Oil Company was gaining a lot of money, Rockefeller started to buy out other smaller oil companies.
  • He owned oil companies from coast to coast.
  • Founded the banking company J.P. Morgan & Co.
  • Leading firms in the country.
  • Even the U.S. government looking for help in the depression of 1895.

Robber Barons

Carnegie

  • Carnegie Steel Company
  • While working for the railroad, Carnegie invested in companies, especially in oil.
  • He revolutionized the steel business by using technologies that made steel processing easier and faster.
  • One of the richest men in U.S. history.
  • He sold his company to J.P. Morgan's firm.

Vanderbilt

  • Industrialist in the railroad and shipping.
  • He had accumulated the largest fortune by the time of his death.
  • He was also a large steamboat company owner, owning more than 100 of steamboats
  • He began overseeing a transatlantic steamship business
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